Author: seanamulcahy
Project update
An afternoon at parliament
During a recent trip to Europe, GLaD team member Sean Mulcahy attended a public meeting of the UK’s Joint Committee on Human Rights. Here, he describes how the spatial economies of the inquiry room, and the actors within, perform the act of a public hearing on human rights.
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Research
Liquor in brothels – safety, gender and sex work
On or before 1 December 2023, new Victorian laws will come into operation that will allow the service of liquor in brothels. We examine the parliamentary debate on liquor in brothels.
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Submission
Submission to national human rights inquiry
GLaD researchers, together with colleagues from the Drugs, Gender and Sexuality Program and elsewhere, have developed a submission to a national human rights inquiry.
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New article
Performing hepatitis C – new research explores legal performances of hepatitis C before and after cure
Our latest paper, recently published in the journal of Law and Literature, investigates constructions of hepatitis C in Australian law both before and after new-generation treatments.
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New article
Forging new habits
If human rights are an effective framework for the prevention of punitive approaches towards drugs, why haven’t they prevented them to date? The latest article from the GLaD team addresses this question.
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News
GLaD visits Europe
As part of our drugs and human rights project, GLaD researcher Sean Mulcahy is heading to Europe to present at conferences in London, Sheffield and Verona.
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News
New health information sharing legislation could compromise Victorians’ privacy rights
New Victorian legislation will introduce an electronic patient health information sharing system to enable public hospitals and other specified health services to share Victorians’ health information.
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New article
New research on gender in alcohol and other drug regulation
In our latest article, we explore how alcohol and other drugs issues are considered in human rights scrutiny processes in Australian parliaments.
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New project
Mapping Australian legislation on LGBTIQA+ rights
GLaD program researcher Sean Mulcahy is conducting a new project designed to audit Australian legislation that has been subject to human rights scrutiny
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Publications
On tables, doors and listening spaces
Our article, ‘On tables, doors and listening spaces: Parliamentary human rights scrutiny and engagement of others’, is published in the Australian Journal of Human Rights.
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Presentation
Talking drugs, dance and human rights at the Global Meeting on Law and Society
GLaD project officer Sean Mulcahy recently presented a paper co-authored with project lead Kate Seear at the Global Meeting on Law and Society in Lisbon.
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New article
New research on debates about roadside drug testing and human rights
Our new paper explores how this debate on roadside drug testing in the ACT unfolded.
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Submission
The Australian debate about religious discrimination and other rights
An important debate about religious discrimination and the intersections between religious beliefs and other rights has unfolded in Australia. In this post, we report on the debate surrounding the Religious Discrimination Bills.
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