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Category: UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

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
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Prisons, overcrowding and human rights

Published November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 by Bronwyn Naylor in Australia, Australian Law, Freedom from torture, Prisoners' Rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, United States
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2014 Castan Human Rights Report: LGBTI rights around the world, A rollercoaster ride!

Published May 2, 2014June 2, 2014 by Dr Paula Gerber in Discrimination law, Human Rights Council, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Same sex rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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LGBTI Rights and the UN – where to from here?

Published February 28, 2014April 7, 2014 by Dr Paula Gerber in Human Rights Council, Same sex rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, United Nations
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Children and human rights abuses: coming to an international stage?

Published January 30, 2014 by Dr Paula Gerber in Children's rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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What can Australia learn from other countries about Birth Registration?

Published November 28, 2013 by Dr Paula Gerber in Australia, Children's rights, Discrimination, Indigenous Rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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Latest Case Law Trends: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Published October 28, 2013October 29, 2013 by Sarah Joseph in Civil and political rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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The Human Rights Treaty Body System – Growing Pains or Terminal Decline?

Published August 21, 2012August 30, 2012 by Adam Fletcher in UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, United Nations
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UN Expert Committee says Australia must do much better at protecting children’s rights

Published June 25, 2012 by Dr Paula Gerber in Children's rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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Nystrom v Australia – Human Rights Umpire Snubbed Again

Published May 2, 2012May 17, 2013 by Adam Fletcher in Civil and political rights, Julian Assange, Right to enter own country, Right to family protection, Sweden, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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