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Australia’s Human Rights Council election comes with a challenge to improve its domestic record
Australia has been elected to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. It will serve on the council from 2018 to 2020. The... Read More
High Court challenge to offshore immigration detention power fails
In August, the High Court rejected a claim that the Australian government can only exercise its powers outside Australia for purposes that would be legal... Read More
Indonesian cities and regencies may be asked to shelter refugees – will they comply?
A presidential decree on refugees released last December finally acknowledges asylum seekers and refugees for what they are – people in need of protection. Prior... Read More
The Dublin IV Recast: A Missed Opportunity
On 4 May 2016, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a recast of the Dublin system[1]. This proposal formed a part of the European... Read More
New Home Affairs department should prompt review of Australia’s human rights performance
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has just announced the creation of a new “super-ministry”, modelled on the UK Home Office. By the end of 2018, Australia... Read More
The State of Statelessness
Being stateless ultimately means having no nationality and having no nationality usually means having no documents to prove your identity. People can become stateless for... Read More
‘The end is nigh’: What should happen after Nauru and Manus close?
Australia’s offshore processing experiment, involving the detention of asylum seekers on Nauru and Papua New Guinea (PNG), has failed. Earlier last year, the Supreme Court... Read More
Legal Update: Discrimination Law to Protect Refugees in the ACT
As a practicing lawyer, I heard refugees and asylum-seeker clients describe discrimination and harassment as common. They were often unaware that it was unlawful and... Read More
Middle Eastern migrants aren’t ‘piling on to the dole queue’
Claims that Middle Eastern migrants are “piling on to the dole queue” are misleading. The data actually shows that, after an initial period of relatively... Read More
Australian picture books: Humanising and thoughtful depictions of displaced children
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood was selected for the ‘Read for Australia’ event on Friday 2 September 2016 where school students... Read More