Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Category: Auslaw

  • The major reproductive rights developments from OP CEDAW Cases

    By Ronli Sifris In two of its decisions, A.S. v. Hungary and L.C. v. Peru, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) expressed the view that in certain circumstances restrictions on a woman’s reproductive freedom, specifically restrictions on abortion and involuntary sterilisation, constitute discrimination against women. This blog explains why these…

  • The Whitehaven hoax: ratbag act or legitimate protest?

    by Sarah Joseph The Whitehaven Hoax: Ratbag act or legitimate protest? Last Monday, 7 January, environmental activist Jonathan Moylan put out a fake press release purporting to convey a decision by the ANZ bank to withdraw its $1.2 billion loan to Whitehaven Coal for environmental reasons.  As a result, shares in Whitehaven plunged by $314…

  • The media is offended by the new discrimination bill

    The Media is Offended by the new Discrimination Bill By Sarah Joseph, Monash University The media is right to be up in arms about proposed new laws. AAP Image/Alan Porritt The federal Attorney General has put forward a proposed new draft anti-discrimination bill. An enquiry into the Bill by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs…

  • 2012 stats for Castan Centre blog

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 32,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 7 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.

  • Another silly season post: The Law of War and The Lord of the Rings

    by Sarah Joseph So this is a “storify”, basically a collated bunch of tweets from the night of 21/12 (not the end of the world as we know it) upon watching those war-loving men, elves, hobbits, orcs, wizards, goblins, trolls and dwarves in The Return of the King. Following is a discussion of the applicability…

  • The 2012 National Human Rights Action Plan – a Step Forward if You Live in the Right State

      By Adam Fletcher Last week (on Human Rights Day) the Government released the final version of its National Human Rights Action Plan – a major piece of the puzzle known as the Human Rights Framework. In adopting an Action Plan rather than a charter of rights, Australia joins a mixed bag of countries which,…