http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5300 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:07:33 GMT 2013-05-20T09:07:33Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8190 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 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8190 2012-03-30T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8046 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? Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8046 2012-01-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7970 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 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7970 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7969 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. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7969 2011-12-09T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7113 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. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7113 2011-01-06T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5312 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. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:19:43 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5312 2009-07-21T03:19:43Z