Proud to announce pub'n of Anthea Vogl's 'Judging Refugees' - brilliant analysis of how we come to understand the refugee’s narrative, and what that tells us about who we believe to be worthy of protection. cambridge.org/core/books/jud…

Join us on Wednesday, 10/4, at 1pm Sydney time for a conversation about Israel's man-made humanitarian disaster in Gaza, its root causes and implication with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Professor Michael Fakhri Michael Fakhri events.humanitix.com/un-special-rap…

Astounding admission by NT Police Association Nathan Finn, who’s stated publicly what we already knew - a person does not need to spit/ have spat for a person to be restrained with one. What constitutes “aggressive behaviour” is broad. Spit hoods are used to punish & intimidate.

Media release: National Ban Spit Hoods Coalition welcomes AFP policy to ban spit hoods — but a future without spit hoods needs a legislated guarantee. Please distribute. #banspithoods #endtorture Anthony Albanese Mark Dreyfus

This is beyond sickening. Not only an entirely unreasonable use of force by NSW Police, and an unnecessary arrest, but also, multiple court decisions have held Lim’s almost identical signs to not be criminally offensive. It’s surely time that offensive language laws be repealed.

Today on the RLI blog, Susan Kneebone, Anthea Vogl and Kate Ogg provide an account of the evolution of community sponsorship models in Australia and their shortcomings in terms of refugee protection.
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Truly shocking that the UN torture prevention body has suspended its visit to Australia due to a lack of cooperation from authorities.

It is an appalling failure on the part of Australian governments.
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Leading Australian #humanrights advocates are calling on the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture to rule on whether treatment of asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention amounts to cruel and degrading treatment, or even torture. #auspol
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Read our joint statement with @asrc1 Human Rights Law Centre UNSW Kaldor Centre Refugee Council of Australia Amnesty International Australia 🕯 RACS Human Rights for All National Justice Project Mary Anne Kenny Anthea Vogl Sara Dehm

Two socio-legal Research Assistant/Associate positions working on health and migration law and with David J Carter + me at UTS Law. Details👇👇👇

Such a great and intensive few days of UTS Faculty of Law and RACS’s Refugee Law and Practice clinic, including the highlight of Dr Laura Smith-Khan excellent guest lecture!

Striking in style! Full virtual solidarity from up the road with all #usydstrike colleagues. Sad to miss all the picket line chats and action NTEU New South Wales NTEU

‘To make a political statement in the Villawood detention in 2019, he changed his name to Ned Kelly Emeralds. “We were both brutally abused by the Commonwealth,” he says’

We are the federal court today and tomorrow supporting Moz’s fight for justice. No authority/government should imprison refugees and people seeking asylum unlawfully in the hotel detention centres
Amnesty International Australia 🕯

The Last Outlaws won an Australian Legal Research Awards award last night!

Huge thanks to the team who made it with me, and congratulations to all the nominees.

Working creatively to share research is highly recommended!

Listen here: thelastoutlaws.com.au

Honoured to have won a 2022 Australian Legal Research Awards award for non-traditional research output with Tracey Booth & Miranda Kaye for our ANROWS funded research on SRLs in family law proceedings involving FV. We shared this award with the fabulous Katherine Biber for her amazing podcast 1/