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Parliamentarians as ‘tribunes’ of the people
We are pleased to announce our latest paper: ‘“The tribunes of the people, the tongues o’ the common mouth”: Parliamentarians as representatives when scrutinising laws’
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Tick and flick: Movement and form in human rights
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest paper, entitled ‘A “tick and flick” exercise: Movement and form in parliamentary human rights scrutiny’
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Imaging people who use drugs
Our latest paper is entitled ‘Imaging people who use drugs: How parliamentary actors picture and tell stories about the subjects of drug law reform’
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Going backstage in parliament
If parliamentary scrutiny processes exclude public audiences, can they still reach considered conclusions on the human rights impacts of legislation on the public?
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LGBTIQA+ inclusion in Vancouver
GLaD team member, Dr Sean Mulcahy, recently visited Vancouver to exchange ideas with LGBTIQA+ rights activists.
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Presentation
Kate Seear delivers keynote in Darwin on drugs, stigma and human rights
[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this post contains the name and details of an Aboriginal person who has passed away]. Professor Kate Seear, leader of the GLaD program, recently delivered a keynote for the annual professional development forum of AADANT (the Association of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies, Northern Territory). The […]
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Electronic health record sharing and hepatitis C
The latest article from our hepatitis C post-cure project explores the issue of electronic health record sharing surrounding hepatitis C in light of new laws.
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‘It all becomes so common’ – new GLaD research looks at stigma, discrimination and the problems with complaint mechanisms
Why don’t they complain? Our latest article takes up Sara Ahmed’s work on complaint to better understand why people affected by hepatitis C rarely make a complaint when they have experienced stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings.
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Cure as a gift – new GLaD research explores how cost shapes experiences of hepatitis C treatment
In out latest article we explore the relationship between hepatitis C cure and how people affected by the virus feel about the cost of and their entitlement to health care.
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Hepatitis C and data justice – new GLaD research explores the use and misuse of health data
Our latest article, published in Critical Public Health, explores the use and potential misuse of health data and its effect on people with or treated for hepatitis C.
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News
Human Rights Day – dignity, freedom, and justice for all
On this year’s Human Rights Day, we are delighted to announce that our work has been awarded the Andrea Durbach Prize for Human Rights Scholarship.
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Insights from the GLaD team presentations at the Sixth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference
At the recent Contemporary Drug Problems conference in Paris, three members of the GLaD research team gave papers speaking to the theme of ‘Embracing Trouble’.
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Report
Hepatitis C-related stigma and discrimination in a post-cure world – launch of a three-year national research project report
This week, the GLaD team released their summary report from the project on hepatitis C-related stigma and discrimination in a post-cure world, including 18 recommendations for policy, legal and practice reform. Read more and access the report here.
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Podcast
Listen to ‘After Cure’ – a new documentary podcast about hepatitis C in the age of curative treatment
‘After Cure’ is a new documentary podcast from the post-cure lives research team that explores experiences of hepatitis C in the new treatment era.
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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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‘I’m not hep C free’ – new research explores the afterlives of hepatitis C
What does ‘cure’ mean for people when treatment doesn’t bring about an end to the social effects of a disease? Our latest article explores the afterlives of hepatitis C in the era of cure.
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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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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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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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