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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, 2018June 20, 2018 by Sarah Joseph in Human Rights Council, Israel, Uncategorized, United States

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

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

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

Reminding Government: Human Rights are Core Business

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

The Historic Conviction of Hissène Habré

Published June 2, 2016June 16, 2016 by Adam Fletcher in Chad, Civil and political rights, Crimes against Humanity, Diplomatic Immunity, Freedom from cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, Freedom from slavery/forced labour, Freedom from torture, International Criminal Court, Right to a fair trial, Right to life, Senegal

Australia found to have breached the human rights of David Hicks

Published February 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), David Hicks, Extraterritorial obligations, Freedom from arbitrary detention, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, United States

Do we need a new Human Rights Commissioner? Yes, but it’s complicated…

Published February 15, 2016April 6, 2016 by Adam Fletcher in Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Law, Bill of Rights, Civil and political rights, Freedom from discrimination, Human Rights Institutions, Tim Wilson

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