Professor Alison Duxbury

Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne; Former Chair, International Board, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

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Roadsign welcoming King Charles to Samao

Politics & Society

Commonwealth leaders meet to debate the future and deal with the past

CHOGM 2024 in Samoa is King Charles’ first as Head of the Commonwealth, and along with climate change, development and human rights, reparation for slavery has entered the discussion

Gathering at the United Nations assembly

Politics & Society

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In Pursuit of Knowledge

Episode 1: The threat to our global public institutions

In this Episode of In Pursuit of Knowledge we ask what role do global public institutions such as the United Nations and the International Court of Justice play in a crisis-riddled world?

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Politics & Society

The rights and wrongs of CHOGM 2022

There’s a disparity between words and action when it comes to the Commonwealth’s record in implementing human rights

The World Health Organization as pandemic police? thumbnail image

Politics & Society

The World Health Organization as pandemic police?

While the idea that the World Health Organization could investigate disease in countries like weapons inspectors is interesting, there are clear problems

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