international law

• Is the Hague Convention on child abduction harming women?

  20th Jan 2022

  Women trying to leave abusive relationships and return home with their children are being blocked by the threat of Hague proceedings. When it was signed in 1980, this international treaty was intended to protect mothers and children, but now it's being used as 'legal weapon' against them, writes Anneka Frayne, calling for change.

• Australian Government must lobby Singapore to stop plans to execute mentally impaired man

  9th Nov 2021

  Lawyers are urging the Australian Government to call on Singapore to stop the planned execution of an intellectually disabled man convicted for drug offences.

• Should Australians have the ‘right to be forgotten’ online?

  17th Jun 2021

  Following the CJEU decision that EU citizens have the right to request that data in regard to them may be deleted from search engines within the EU, the German constitutional court held that a plaintiff who had served time for murder is entitled to the right to be forgotten. Michael McHugh discusses the legal complexities of this right and its potential impact on privacy and free speech.

• The re-opening of Christmas Island: Two steps back

  28th Mar 2019

  Following the Senate's passing of the Medevac Bill – which will provide clinical pathways for detainees requiring medical care and ensure that authorities are compelled to determine whether a patient may be transferred to Australia for treatment within 72 hours – the Australian government has announced its intention to re-open the detention centre on Christmas Island. 

  Kathryn Schmidt discusses the human rights implications of these political actions.

• Are men still determining women's human rights? (part 1)

  31st Jan 2019

  Anna Kerr explores whether women's rights are adequately represented and protected by international human rights law. She details the history and shortcomings of various international human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

• Modern slavery – what can be done?

  9th Aug 2018

  Geoff Baldwin outlines and examines the Australian legal framework through which modern slavery - present in the production chains of goods sold in Australia - can be addressed.