With the ongoing conflict in Syria displacing people by the thousands, unrest in Darfur concentrating people in need toward UN mission bases and the inability to find a ceasefire agreement […]
With the ongoing conflict in Syria displacing people by the thousands, unrest in Darfur concentrating people in need toward UN mission bases and the inability to find a ceasefire agreement […]
On Wednesday 3rd February, the Australian High Court heard a case brought forward by the Human Rights Law Centre, concerning a plaintiff from Bangladesh who stood to be deported back […]
Over the weekend, protests against immigration took place in various locations across Australia. Most of these protests adopted the title Reclaim Australia. The central argument is that the religion of Islam contains values […]
Burundi has been in a state of political instability since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a contentious third term in office. With the suspension of NGOs, close surveillance […]
The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, has announced that there has been a 70% decline in countries who uphold the death penalty in the last 40 years; […]
The international community are becoming increasingly critical of Australia’s offshore immigration detention centres. However, have we gone too far to be able to identify why the international community perceives this […]
On 24 October 2015, celebrations took place around the world to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. The day marked the anniversary of the entry into force of […]
Weather anomalies, El Niño, drought, mass coral bleaching and the worst hurricane on record are symptomatic of the effects of climate change upon our warming planet. With the Climate Change […]
Over 1100 Sydney-siders gathered inside Australia’s largest cathedral last month to commemorate the United Nations International Day of Peace with an interfaith service. This service, held at St Mary’s, was […]
We live in a perplexing time. Perhaps there is none other who recognises that better than Associate Professor Wayne Quilliam, 2009/10 NAIDOC Artist of the Year. But that has only […]