By Nicholas Bugeja - Southern Africa Litigation Centre The corona virus reportedly arrived on Australian shores on the 25th of January of this year. At that stage, the virus seemed like a world away from South Africa. Things went on as usual for some time in South Africa, for it would only experience its first … Continue reading Urgent times: Human rights and COVID-19 in South Africa
The Law and Its Defenders
By Mary O'Callaghan - IWRAW-AP Loujain al-Hathloul is a women’s human rights defender who has been instrumental in the movement to allow women to drive and to end male guardianship laws in Saudi Arabia. At the 69th CEDAW Session, in February 2018, Loujain briefed the CEDAW Committee on the women’s rights situation in Saudi Arabia. … Continue reading The Law and Its Defenders
Litigating for change: Protecting human rights in Southern Africa
By Nicholas Bugeja, Southern Africa Litigation Centre 11 February, 2020, marked the 30th anniversary of the historic day on which South African freedom fighter and future statesman Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison, following 27 gruelling years incarcerated by the racist, morally-bankrupt Apartheid regime. That image of Mandela, hands raised, a smile beaming on … Continue reading Litigating for change: Protecting human rights in Southern Africa
CEDAW, Macroeconomics and Log Frames, Oh My!
By Mary O'Callaghan, Castan Centre Intern to IWRAW-AP The first month and a half of my internship in Kuala Lumpur at International Women’s Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) has been marked by a complete immersion into the global feminist movement and has allowed me to gain a greater understanding of IWRAW AP’s … Continue reading CEDAW, Macroeconomics and Log Frames, Oh My!
Interning at Human Rights First in New York
By Akuol Garang, Castan Centre Global Intern to Human Rights First It was an honour and a privilege to have interned at Human Rights First (HRF) . HRF is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York. The organization helps people seeking asylum who cannot afford legal representation and works to protect … Continue reading Interning at Human Rights First in New York
Fighting for Rights in Southern Africa – 3 months at the Southern African Litigation Centre
By Lachlan Cameron, Castan Centre Intern to the Southern African Litigation Centre, Johannesburg. 2019 marks the 25th anniversary since South Africa held its first democratic elections, throwing off the shackles of a racist and morally bankrupt regime, to elect the African National Congress headed by anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. My second extended stay to Johannesburg … Continue reading Fighting for Rights in Southern Africa – 3 months at the Southern African Litigation Centre
Kuala Lumpur to Geneva with IWRAW-AP
By Amran Hassan Ali - Castan Centre Global Intern to IWRAW-AP My first month in Kuala Lumpur (KL) with the IWRAW-AP team was a month of, what can only be described as, ‘getting to know’. Getting to know the team who were equal parts away on mission or leave since I arrived in early December, … Continue reading Kuala Lumpur to Geneva with IWRAW-AP
An Indigenous Ambassador
By Jared Poland, Castan Centre Global Intern, Indigenous Intern to the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva “You’re the first Aboriginal I’ve ever met”. It was a strange thing to hear and it caught me off guard, though admittedly, given the context, it wasn’t the craziest of ideas. For me what was actually crazy was … Continue reading An Indigenous Ambassador
Standing for a World Without the Death Penalty – Working with Reprieve, Houston
By Danilee Pallister, Castan Centre Global Intern, Reprieve As a Castan Centre Global Intern I spent three months this past summer in Houston, Texas assisting capital defence attorneys in their tireless efforts to prevent the State from executing their clients. Based in the county referred to as the “buckle of the death belt”, I had … Continue reading Standing for a World Without the Death Penalty – Working with Reprieve, Houston
From the Rohingya to Disability and the Death Penalty: three months in Geneva
By Jayden Crozier, Indigenous Intern to the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Geneva Working at the United Nations Human Rights Council as the Castan Centre Intern was a life-changing experience. I learnt about the paramount importance of human rights, and the challenges the international community face in protecting them. My mentors and colleagues … Continue reading From the Rohingya to Disability and the Death Penalty: three months in Geneva
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