Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Tag: overseas development assistance

  • Guest Blog: DFAT’s Iraq pullout a bitter pill for aid

    By Laura Jean McKay In February this year Michael Bates, country director of the Danish Refugee Council in the Kurdish region and greater Iraq, received an email. It was from DFAT, the donor that was supporting 70 per cent of their programs in south and central Iraq, regretting to say that they were pulling out.…

  • Human Rights in the Federal Budget Part 1: Creative Accounting and Overseas Aid

    By Adam McBeth Following Tuesday’s budget, much has been made of the government’s deferral (yet again) of the commitment to increase spending on official development assistance (or overseas aid) to 0.5% of gross national income until 2017-18. This amounts to a cut of $1.9 billion from previously forecast aid levels over the period to June…