http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5298 2013-06-19T09:13:35Z 2013-06-19T09:13:35Z King, Lauren http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8190 2012-05-01T17:09:29Z 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z

Title: How can UNICEF Australia strenghten the use of images in fundraising and media campaigns to advance children's rights? Authors: King, Lauren Abstract: This paper seeks to understand the key considerations for NGO's in using images effectively in fundraising and media campaigns

2012-03-30T00:00:00Z Seewald, Kathleen http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8046 2012-05-01T17:09:28Z 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z

Title: Targeting women as agents of (climate) change: a human rights based approach Authors: Seewald, Kathleen Description: How might ActionAid Australia best establish a presence in Melanesia in the area of women’s rights and climate change, and how should this presence be informed by the human rights based approach to development?

2012-01-20T00:00:00Z Donaldson, Jeremy http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7970 2012-05-01T17:09:30Z 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

Title: To what extent does the securitisation of asylum seekers contribute to Australia’s failure to meet its relevant international human rights obligations? Authors: Donaldson, Jeremy

2011-12-09T00:00:00Z Matijevic, Amanda http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7969 2012-05-01T17:09:30Z 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z

Title: Refugee and Asylum Seeker Rights Authors: Matijevic, Amanda Abstract: I will approach my analysis through the lens of new social movement theory and evaluate the role of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS) at the University of Sydney in this context, asking: How can CPACS successfully contribute to the existing web of collective action in pro-refugee advocacy? Furthermore, as CPACS‘ struggle in re-shaping the politics and policies of the current government is a microcosm of the pro-refugee movement‘s struggle to re-shape contemporary notions of citizenship, I will shift from a micro-evaluation of CPACS to a macro-evaluation of the pro-refugee movement as a whole in successfully challenging the existing system of citizenship and model of civic engagement in Australia.

2011-12-09T00:00:00Z Kannan, Preeti http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7113 2012-05-01T17:09:28Z 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z

Title: Adopting the RTI Act as a mechanism to fight corruption to promote effective aid delivery in India Authors: Kannan, Preeti Abstract: The Right to Information Act was enacted in 2005 in India in response to citizens’ demand for access to information and keenness to stem corruption in the public sphere. Freedom of information is a recognised fundamental human right. There is a strong relationship between access to relevant information and people’s realisation of socio-economic rights. Despite the emphasis of a rights-based approach to development, often the poor and marginalised have little say in the development process. India, which has been heavily dependent on foreign aid for development since independence in 1947, is now an aid-giver while also being an aid recipient. The RTI Act, which started as a small social justice movement in a village in Rajasthan and became a nation-wide campaign for a legislation, “empowers Indian citizens to seek any accessible information from a public authority and makes the government and its functionaries more accountable and responsible.” This paper attempts to broaden the scope of the act by exploring the possibility of ‘adopting the RTI Act as a mechanism to fight corruption to promote effective aid delivery’ and ultimately aims at empowering Indian citizens – a core mandate of the legislation.

2011-01-06T00:00:00Z Morgan, Lucy http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5323 2009-08-03T06:03:11Z 2009-08-03T02:14:01Z

Title: Sexual and Gender Rights and the United Nations Human Rights Framework: Towards a Resolution of the Debate? Authors: Morgan, Lucy Abstract: The UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, adopted on the 18th of December 2008, marked a milestone in UN history, formally placing the concerns of sexual and gender minorities on the General Assembly’s human rights agenda for the first time. However, immediately following the Declaration, a counter-statement was issued by 57 member states, opposing the mere mention of the “so-called notions of sexual orientation and gender identity”. The Declaration and counter-statement bring to the fore an issue which has long been a concern of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) rights movement – the capacity of international human rights law to uphold the rights of sexual and gender minorities. Human rights violations based on actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity remain prevalent in virtually every country and as awareness of these violations has grown, sexual orientation and gender identity have been increasingly promoted by human rights advocates. Such arguments have often been grounded in the emerging paradigm of sexual and gender rights, but the idea of sexual and gender rights remains highly contested and deeply controversial. Many analysts have questioned whether the United Nations framework is an appropriate mechanism for advancing the concerns of sexual and gender minorities. This dissertation contributes to this movement by presenting a case for the enshrinement of sexual and gender rights in UN human rights law. Description: Examination of the recognition of gender rights in the United Nations human rights system.

2009-08-03T02:14:01Z Farrelly, Sarah http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5312 2009-07-21T12:22:30Z 2009-07-21T03:19:43Z

Title: Complementary Protection in Australia: Filling the Gap in the Protection of Asylum Seekers Authors: Farrelly, Sarah Abstract: There is currently a gaping hole in the effective protection of asylum seekers in Australia. The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter, the “Refugee Convention”) is the cornerstone document in dealing with the protection of persons seeking asylum. However, if a person in need of international protection falls outside its legally narrow ambit, their protection is uncertain. The issue of complementary forms of protection has thus been identified as a vital protection mechanism to add to the Refugee Convention. International obligations have been developed under other human rights instruments to provide additional, or alternative, protection, but the lack of a binding nature of these obligations results in a lack of comprehensive protection.

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