GLaD program researcher Sean Mulcahy is conducting a new project designed to audit Australian legislation that has been subject to human rights scrutiny
GLaD research lead Kate Seear gave a keynote presentation at the inaugural Australian Stigma Conference hosted by the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) in Canberra calling for reform to legal, social, policy and cultural dimensions of hepatitis C in order to better to address the health and human rights of people who use drugs.
GLaD program lead Kate Seear and project officer Dion Kagan presented recent findings at The Australian Sociological Association conference earlier this month.
Each year on the 10th of December, the United Nations celebrates International Human Rights Day. In 2022, the theme for the day is ‘Dignity, freedom and justice
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.
GLaD Program researcher, Dr Sean Mulcahy, recently visited the University of Warwick after securing a Visiting Research Fellowship
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.
Our new paper explores how this debate on roadside drug testing in the ACT unfolded.
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.
The GLaD program was delighted to be invited to participate in the UNSW Centre for Social Health Research series ‘Spotlight on Stigma’, in April 2022.
Global discussion about human rights in drug policy reform is increasing. There are several studies that advocate for the need for human rights in drug
We are excited to announce the publication of the first article from the ARC-funded project, ‘A world-first “post-human rights” framework for drug policy’. Co-authored by
Each year, the United Nations celebrates two important, interconnected days on its international calendar. The 10th of December marks International Human Rights Day. In 2021,
GLaD program lead Kate Seear recently joined colleagues from around Australia for a special panel event to mark the launch of the inaugural Global Drug
GLaD program lead Kate Seear and project officer Sean Mulcahy recently presented a paper at the After Rights? Politics, Ethics and Aesthetics Workshop.
The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System delivered its final report in February of this year, and it was tabled in Parliament in March. Among the matters the Commission was appointed to consider was the need to address the stigma associated with mental health, and the need to safeguard human rights.
The Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021, recently passed through the New South Wales Parliament,establishes a new scheme under which a person can be ordered to provide a blood sample for the testing of blood-borne viruses if, as a result of their deliberate action, their bodily fluid has come into contact with a health, emergency or public sector worker.
With new Australian drug laws required to comply with human rights frameworks, researchers at the GLaD program are conducting a new study funded by the Australian Research Countil to develop a world-first ‘post–human rights’ framework for drug policy.
Australia has long been a leader in critical alcohol and other drug (AOD) scholarship. Much of this work draws on feminist theory, including feminist science studies, to identify and examine ideas about agency and materiality in drug policy and practice. Often, this work also prioritises issues specific to gender, such as how the law conceptualises links between drugs and family violence, or how it understands the relationship between alcohol and sexual assault.