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The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated how little we know about how prisoners are treated behind bars around the world. The Prison Transparency Project aims to change that.
While governments and some athletes are opposed to a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, failing to take a stand against China’s human rights record has consequences.
A court challenge from high-profile prisoner Craig Minogue will see new limits around prison officials’ treatment of prisoners
By letting machines recommend movies and decide whom to hire, humans are losing their unpredictable nature – and possibly the ability to make everyday judgments, as well.
But it’s time to make this a right to low carbon energy.
A growing body of research suggests that investors care about human rights and consultation with Indigenous communities, and consider them important to the value of their investments.
Air New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have both potentially breached international human rights agreements. The government must demand answers.
Countries where traditional laws exist must uphold children’s rights and push for their best interest.
The truth remains that no artist through Nigeria’s postcolonial years has contributed close to what Fela did – and continues to do - for human rights and social justice.
The trans-Tasman diplomatic stand-off is complicated by the fate of two young children. Their rights will be central to resolving the situation.
A trip to the beach is off limits for some people with a disability. We need to change that, and the law supports it.
The more President Mnangagwa’s government fails to engage democratically with its own citizens, the more it will negate any prospect of re-engagement with the West.
The right to return is real but not absolute, and must be balanced with the rights of those already in New Zealand.
When your ‘friend’ and biggest trading partner is accused of genocide you can’t ignore it. But meaningful change will take more than words.
Happy has lived alone in captivity for 14 years, but a New York appeals court recently denied a legal effort to rehome her.
Forced labor is a widespread problem in fisheries on the high seas. Between 2012 and 2018, an estimated 100,000 people may have been victims of forced labor on thousands of different boats.
Providers of humanitarian aid haven’t been able to reach civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. There are also reports that hundreds of civilians have been killed.
A British citizen living in France argues they had the right to assume their status upon moving there would not change in the future against their will.
There is growing concern in some countries that restrictions designed to combat the pandemic may not be lifted once it is over.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Griffith University
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Western University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law; Kim Santow Chair of Law and Social Justice, University of Sydney
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
