El Salvador - aborting women's rights through abortion laws
On the 20th of May the draconian laws of El Salvador have seen a slight reprieve for María Teresa Rivera, four years after she was...
Reconciliation Today: Panellist Profiles
Following on from the previous Blog post- here are the profiles for our very special panellists! Nayuka Gorrie Nayuka Gorrie is a...
Reconciliation Today!
Reconciliation Today: Policy Frameworks and Social Realities Event What is reconciliation? 2016 sees the 10th anniversary for the...
Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Criminal System: Indigenous Imprisonment Fact Sheet
Photo source: The Canadian Aboriginal photo is from http://www.fvss.de/assets/media/jahresarbeiten/englisch/aboriginals.pdf and the...
'There Never Was a Plan'
Why offshore processing is causing problems and how we can move forward. Photo source: Angela Wylie New book ‘Offshore’ By Madeline...
Chief Justice Robert French: The Status Quo Needs to Change
Photo source: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/chief-justice-robert-french-rails-at-national-disgrace/news-story/1d...
Looking back: The Australian asylum seeker and refugee policy and Australia’s human rights abuses
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201210/r1018312_11528599.jpg We have been hearing a lot about the potential closure of the Manus Island...
The Admission Process: Where to draw the line on the character requirement
Picture Source: http://www.lawadmissions.vic.gov.au/ This article looks at the process of admission to legal practice, focusing on the...
Indigenous Over-representation: Divergent Perspectives and the Need for a Solution
'Indigenous youth imprisonment rate is highest in two decades, Amnesty says', Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian, 2 June 2015,...
Disability: Myths and Misconception
Picture Source: Bob Kraft, Five Social Security Disability Myths that Simply Aren't True References [1]Easter Seals Disability Services,...
