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    • Professor John Tobin

    Francine V McNiff Chair in International Human Rights Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

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    Politics & Society

    COVID-19 and curfews

    Managing COVID-19 has divided Victorians with some believing that their human rights are at risk, particularly when it comes to curfews

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    Politics & Society

    Academics call for an end to immigration detention

    Researchers from universities around Australia are adding their voices to the groundswell of concern about the country’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, demanding #nomoreharm

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    Politics & Society

    Children entitled to a life where their rights are protected

    The confronting scenes at a juvenile detention centre are another illustration of Australia’s appalling history of institutional child abuse

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