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By Robert Merkel on September 24, 2011
The war in Bosnia has been the focus of what seems to me a surprisingly large number of good films, from the farce of No Man’s Land to the drama of Welcome to Sarajevo. However, rather than the war itself, [...]
Posted in Featured, Film, TV, Video etc, Melbourne | Tagged Bosnia, child sexual abuse, Film, human trafficking, military contracting, sex trafficking, sexual slavery, The Whistleblower, United Nations |
By Robert Merkel on May 30, 2011
I’d never heard of rinderpest, and I come from cattle country. And, absent human malevolence, the world will never hear of rinderpest again. Absent any cases for a decade, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization will, on June 28th, adopt [...]
Posted in Developing world, Food, Foreign policy, Health, Medicine, Poverty, Science, Trade | Tagged FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, guinea worm, polio, rinderpest, United Nations, vaccination |
By Idiot/Savant on August 28, 2009
Crossposted from No Right Turn. In the run-up to the 2007 election, then-Australian Prime Minister John Howard decided to repeat his successful racial wedge tactics with Aborigines as the victims, declaring a “state of emergency” in Northern Australia, taking over [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Indigenous, Politics, Race | Tagged authoritarian, Culture Wars, human rights, Indigenous policy & reconciliation, intolerance, Kevin Rudd, racism, United Nations |
By Idiot/Savant on December 20, 2008
Crossposted from No Right Turn On Thursday, 66 countries supported a landmark declaration in the UN General Assembly calling for full equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, the legalisation of homosexuality, and an end to “violence, harassment, discrimination, [...]
Posted in International, Lesbian and Gay, Politics, Religion | Tagged gender & equality, lesbian and gay rights, United Nations |
By Kim on December 11, 2008
Amnesty International has released a video – You Are Powerful – to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UDHR. They’re encouraging its widest possible distribution. Kate Allen explains at Comment is Free. The level of controversy that still surrounds not [...]
Posted in Activism, History, Law, Philosophy, Sociology | Tagged Activism, Amnesty International, andrew bartlett, bill of rights, charter of rights, common law, Frank Brennan, human rights, John Howard, jurisprudence, political philosophy, Rudd government, UDHR, United Nations, universal declaration of human rights |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 29, 2008
The obvious retort to John McCain’s faux suspension of his campaign last week was that Presidents should be able to deal with more than one issue at the same time. That’s obviously true, but it’s also a truism which disguises [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment, International, Media, Polls | Tagged carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, Emissions trading scheme, gordon brown, John McCain, Kevin Rudd, Lowy Institute, Lowy Institute poll, Rudd government, United Nations, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
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