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Category: Human Rights Institutions

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Mental health, happiness of Australian children among the worst of rich countries, according to UNICEF reporT

Published September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 by Castan Centre in Australia, Children's rights, Right to Health, United Nations
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Castan Centre Goes to Geneva

Published November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 by Castan Centre in United Nations
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The Khashoggi report to the UN Human Rights Council and the Rights to Life of Journalists

Published July 4, 2019July 19, 2019 by Sarah Joseph in Agnes Callamard, Human Rights Council, Jamal Khashoggi, Right to life, Saudi Arabia
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Explainer: why is Australia adopting the global refugee compact but not the migration compact?

Published December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 by Azadeh Dastyari in Asylum, Australia, Migration Law, Refugees, UN General Assembly, United Nations
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Abolish the Joint Committee on Human Rights? We should be strengthening it instead…

Published August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 by Castan Centre in Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
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As the US leaves the UN Human Rights Council, it may leave more damage in its wake

Published June 20, 2018May 7, 2019 by Sarah Joseph in Human Rights Council, Israel, United States
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The Human Rights implications of the Electoral Disclosure Reform and Foreign Influence Bills

Published April 12, 2018 by Castan Centre in Australia, Australian Law, China, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Expression, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Right to privacy, Russia
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Processing centres in North Africa are not the answer for EU refugees

Published September 18, 2017 by Azadeh Dastyari in Asylum, Chad, European Court of Human Rights, Freedom from arbitrary detention, Freedom from cruel inhuman and degrading treatment
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18C Report Raises Questions about Joint Committee on Human Rights’ role

Published March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 by Adam Fletcher in Andrew Bolt, Australian Human Rights Commission, Discrimination, Discrimination law, George Brandis, Gillian Triggs
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Reminding Government: Human Rights are Core Business

Published December 12, 2016December 12, 2016 by patrickemerton in Human Rights Issues, United Nations
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