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New book offers a different perspective on torture
A new book by Castan Centre Associate Dr Ronli Sifris, providing another angle on a feminist understanding of international human rights, will be launched in early March. The book, Reproductive...
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Handing over Tamils to the state they fled breaks international law
by Azadeh Dastyari Australia appears to have reached a new all-time low in its violation of international obligations and its treatment of vulnerable people seeking Australia’s protection. If...
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Open letter to the Attorney-General regarding the Optional Protocol to the...
The following is an open letter to the Commonwealth Attorney-General, The Hon. George Brandis QC, signed by 64 organisations including the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. The letter is dated 15...
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Prisons, overcrowding and human rights
By Bronwyn Nayor This blog is based on a paper delivered at a Castan Centre forums on prison overcrowding on 6 November 2014. A version of this paper with footnotes can be downloaded from SSRN. What...
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Four reasons why the CIA torture program should never have happened
By Marius Smith When the US Senate Intelligence Committee released its report into the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program this week, the response was appropriate. People called it “shocking”,...
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Hicks conviction overturned – is he owed an apology or assistance?
By Adam Fletcher A United States Military Court’s decision to overturn David Hicks’ conviction for the crime of “material support for terrorism” represents a welcome return to the international rule of...
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The 2015 Human Rights Report – Torture and Refoulement: the Shame of Liberal...
By Sarah Joseph This piece is featured in the 2015 Castan Centre Human Rights Report. We will be featuring the articles on the blog throughout the month of May. Gross human rights abuses happen all...
View ArticleRatification of the OPCAT – what will it mean for Australia?
Yesterday at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s annual NGO Forum, the Foreign Minister and Attorney-General announced that Australia would ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention...
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