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Category: Sri Lanka

Tony Abbott’s contempt for international human rights law

Published March 31, 2016June 16, 2016 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Freedom from torture, Indonesia, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, Tony Abbott, War crimes
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Australia’s bid for the UN Human Rights Council

Published September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka, United Nations
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Homophobia is alive and well in the world of cricket

Published March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 by Dr Paula Gerber in Australia, Discrimination, Same sex rights, Sport, Sri Lanka
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The High Court’s Sri Lanka asylum seeker case: the legal issues

Published July 9, 2014November 20, 2014 by patrickemerton in Asylum, Australia, International maritime law, Migration Law, Refoulement, Sri Lanka
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Preventing asylum seekers’ return to harm through the High Court

Published July 8, 2014July 9, 2014 by mariaosullivan in Asylum, Australia, Australian Law, High Court, Refoulement, Refugees, Sri Lanka
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Handing over Tamils to the state they fled breaks international law

Published July 4, 2014July 4, 2014 by Azadeh Dastyari in Asylum, Australia, Australian Law, Freedom from torture, Migration Law, Refugees, Sri Lanka
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Our Prime Minister’s Sri Lanka performance: a human rights disaster

Published November 20, 2013November 20, 2013 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Crimes against Humanity, Freedom from torture, International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Sri Lanka, Tony Abbott, War crimes
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Decriminalising homosexuality worldwide: should Australia get involved?

Published September 24, 2013 by Dr Paula Gerber in Cameroon, Discrimination law, Malawi, Same sex rights, Sri Lanka
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There goes the neighbourhood: Australia and New Zealand destroying hope of a regional approach to asylum seekers

Published February 12, 2013 by Guest in Afghanistan, Asylum, Migration Law, Refugees, Sri Lanka
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ASIO Security Assessments can now be reviewed, but not by the courts

Published October 18, 2012 by Adam Fletcher in Freedom from arbitrary detention, Freedom from cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, Migration Law, Sri Lanka, Terrorism
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