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Castan Centre Research Fellow Scott Walker, Deputy Director Associate Professor Ronli Sifris and Castan Centre Director Melissa Castan.

Castan Centre puts students and research in the heart of human rights challenges

2023 was a busy year for the Castan Centre for Human RIghts Law with so many human rights challenges domestically and internationally. The Castan Centre responded with academic work focussed on human rights scholarship and public policy.
15 December, 2023
Woman leaning on a wall with the word freedom.

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On 10 December, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
8 December, 2023
A woman walking down a London street next to a police car.

New report exposes challenges faced by UK lawyers when representing clients with lived experience of human trafficking

A new report by Castan Centre Academic Member Associate Professor Samantha Currie, exposes how representing people with lived experience of modern slavery is being made more challenging.
28 November, 2023

Statement from the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law on the Outcome of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum

16 October, 2023
Uluru at sunset.

The Voice: It’s a Marriage Proposal not a Divorce Petition

Professor Paula Gerber compares the Indigenous Voice to Parliament to a marriage proposal - an invitation to deepen the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, not divide it.
12 October, 2023

New frontiers of workers' vulnerabilities and the need for innovative protective techniques

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Academic Member Professor Marilyn Pittard recently presented in a seminar on Vulnerability in the Digitalised Workplace, as part of the project, New frontiers of workers' vulnerabilities.
9 October, 2023

“For with them our futures rest”: Reflections on the Voice to Parliament from a lifetime advocating for the self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Reflecting on a lifetime on advocating for self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, Adjunct Professor Muriel Bamblett reflects on the upcoming referendum on a First Nations Voice.
3 October, 2023

Monash University researcher’s contribution to Australian Book Review’s Indigenous Issue

Two weeks out from the historic Voice to Parliament referendum, Professor Russell has collaborated with Castan Centre Director Professor Melissa Castan on an essay addressing the many myths and misinformation that have been propagated about the Voice
2 October, 2023

Talking about the Voice: A conversation without the noise

Watch the video recording or listen to the ABC broadcast of our recent panel discussion, explaining the issues surrounding the Voice to Parliament and the upcoming referendum.
28 September, 2023