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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
The Castan Centre is a world-renowned academic centre using its human rights expertise to create a more just world where human rights are respected and protected, allowing people to pursue their lives in freedom and with dignity.
COVID-19
- Submission to the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges & Lawyers - Perspectives from Australia on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the administration of justice
- COVID19 and Human Rights in Australia - Four part series by Professor the Hon Kevin Bell
- COVIDSafe and Identity: Governance Beyond Privacy
- Is protesting during the pandemic an 'essential' right that should be protected?
- Explainer: what are the laws mandating self-isolation and how will they be enforced?
- The new powers governments are enacting to stop the spread of coronavirus
- The COVID-Safe tracing app, your privacy, and the role of law
- Tell the PM: protect our privacy in the COVIDsafe app
News and Events
- Book Launch: The UN Commission on Human Rights: 'A Very Great Enterprise' - 18 May
- Event: Charting a better recovery - 20 May
- Save the Date: Castan Centre - Human Rights Law Conference, 23 July. Join our mailing list, or follow us on social media for more info
- Prof Kevin H Bell AM QC's - opinion piece in the Age, Mental health system faces massive overhaul
- Submission to EMRIP Self-Determination Report, Prepared by Dr Katie O'Bryan and A/Prof Melissa Castan, March 2021
- Report 'Migrant Precariousness in the Time of COVID-19'
- Castan Centre & ACJI Submission on the Commonwealth Integrity Commission Bill, Prepared by Dr Yee-Fui Ng, Dr Maria O'Sullivan and Andrea Olivares-Jones, February 2021
- Report 'Use of Force in Detention and Other Closed Environments'
- We are working towards a future where the right to housing is respected, protected and fulfilled for all. We underlined this in a submission quoted in the Senate's interim report of the inquiry into homelessness
Human Rights Leaders in Conversation: Prof Kevin Bell with Judge Robert Spano
An interview series by Professor the Hon. Kevin H Bell AM QC, Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. In this second interview Professor Bell speaks with Judge Robert Spano the President of the European Court of Human Rights on the '70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms'
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Have you got that right?
Have You Got That Right? is an innovative series of videos answering important human rights questions quickly, clearly and in a way that won’t put you to sleep. The site now includes access to our human rights podcast series.
The Castan - Official Blog
The Centre maintains this blog to enable frank open discussion about various human rights topics
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