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How Must Australia Improve Human Rights Protection?

Posted on: Mon 8 Jan 2018

As of 2018, Australia has a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

With a heavily criticised human rights history, particularly due to Australia’s treatment of Indigenous peoples and refugees, how must Australia change to be considered a human rights hero?

We discuss this with Louise Chappell, the Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute  from the Law School UNSW, Sydney.

Produced by Zoe Koundais

Image source Flickr via Maina Kiai

 

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