Australian Journal of Human Rights

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Louise Chappell, Lily Halliday and Helen Potts stress the need to move away from assumptions of a 'standard' patient, and to develop nuanced understandings of sex and gender in medical research bit.ly/4fnkxZc

Scott Walker advocates for the introduction of a Federal Human Rights Act in Australia, with a view to the PJCHR's Inquiry into Australia's Human Rights Framework bit.ly/3VKdsdU

Lana Tatour argues that the right to academic freedom has been impacted by campaigns to label Palestinian scholarship, teaching and activism as 'antisemitic' bit.ly/3ZYmtmf

Renée Jeffery and Pia Dannhauer examine the increasing responsibility of national human rights institutions in transitional justice, drawing on post-conflict and transitional examples from the ‘70s to the present bit.ly/49Fu0d3

With a view to the Victorian and ACT human rights charters, Sean Mulcahy and Kate Seear seek to explain why the right to health is still missing from Australian domestic legislation and consider legal alternatives to its advancement bit.ly/49HMERn

Lisa Ewenson dicsusses how a relational rights-based model could ensure that rights relevant to children and young people - including First Nations young people - are promoted and protected in the youth detention environment bit.ly/41G6HOm

Saabiq Chowdury considers how the government's use of automated decision-making ('ADM') in welfare contexts raises significant human rights concerns, and draws on Robodebt as a case study to advocate for human rights impact assessments as a regulatory tool bit.ly/3ZErr6h

John Azzi examines how Australia's protection obligations under international law have been interpreted by the courts. They argue that the High Court's 'modern contextual' approach has isolated Australian domestic law from global human rights jurisprudence bit.ly/3VEiNnf

The Australian Journal of Human Rights has awarded the annual Andrea Durbach Prize to Dr Ihab Shalbak from the University of Sydney for his article, ‘Human rights in Palestine: from self-determination to governance’. Read the full details here bit.ly/3Olspz3

OPPORTUNITY | Another great opportunity for an early-career researcher at the Australian Journal of Human Rights as Reviews Sub-Editor. Details here: bit.ly/4dO0d2V

REMINDER: The deadline for proposals for upcoming special issues is this Wednesday, 17 July. Further information can be found via this link: bit.ly/3Xs4KD4 #AJHR

REMINDER: The Australian Journal of Human Rights is seeking expressions of interest to fill positions on its Editorial Board: a Co-Editor-in-Chief, a Current Perspectives Co-Editor and Current Perspectives sub-Editor (ECR position). More information here: bit.ly/45K3aOI

The AJHR is seeking expressions of interest from early-career researchers (within 7 years of having been awarded a PhD) for the newly-created position of Current Perspectives sub-Editor. Further information can be found here: bit.ly/3RH4DQ7 #AJHR

The Australian Journal of Human Rights is currently welcoming proposals for upcoming special issues that present innovative research within the field of human rights from any disciplinary perspective. Further information via this link: bit.ly/3Xs4KD4 #AJHR

The Australian Journal of Human Rights is seeking expressions of interest to fill two positions on its Editorial Board: a Co-Editor-in-Chief (EiC) and a Current Perspectives Co-Editor. Further information is available here: bit.ly/3Rw9vrd #AJHR

In our "Refracting Rights" special issue, @iMusing and Lynda Holden contend that the forced removal of Indigenous children through child ‘protection’ and criminal law regimes in NSW constitutes everyday human rights violations that serve to deny First Nations sovereignty. #AJHR

In our "Refracting Rights" special issue, @Aurreratze considers the successful social movement campaign against Rio Tinto’s lithium project in Jadar Valley as an example of a bottom-up approach to business and human rights. #BusinessAndHumanRights #RioTinto #Serbia

In our "Refracting Rights" special issue, @TMoges investigates the interaction between formal law, local norms and religion in Ethiopia and the Amhara region to shed light on the violence committed against child wives in violation of international human rights law. #ChildWives

In the AJHR special issue "Refracting Rights", @ShalbakI argues that international law and human rights offer limited utility to Palestinians in their quest for sovereignty and self-determination. #HumanRights #SelfDetermination #AntiColonialism #Palestinians #SettlerColonialism