Should we tax arms manufacturers to finance refugee resettlement?
Jun 21, 2019 01:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Today 68.5 million people are forcefully displaced worldwide. In 2018 alone, this number increased by 16.2 million: 11.8 million displaced within their national borders and 4.4 million seeking asylum outside. We are going...
Four laws that need urgent reform to protect both national security and press freedom
Jun 19, 2019 02:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In a perfect world, Australia would introduce constitutional protections for freedom of the press. But since the chances of that are next to zero, it might be more productive to look instead at what might be done to make...
Cannabis quality involves careful science and carefree highs
Jun 19, 2019 02:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Canadas legal cannabis industry continues to make progress. Product shortages are decreasing. Store numbers are increasing. And edible cannabis regulations have just been finalized. With these basics falling into place,...
Colonial genocide is a composite act: A human rights analysis
Jun 19, 2019 02:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Canada is currently embroiled in a debate about whether the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls should have used the word genocide to describe our federal, provincial and municipal...
The South African government's thinking on surveillance law is regressive
Jun 07, 2019 16:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
A case before the High Court in Pretoria, South Africas capital city, is set to have important implications for citizens privacy and the ability of journalists to do their work without hindrance. At the heart of the...
Women have been the heart of the Christian right for decades
Jun 07, 2019 15:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Alabamas new abortion restrictions were signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey. But more has been said recently about the fact that the bill was passed by 25 white men in the state Senate. Media reports have pointed to how this...
Australia doesn't protect free speech, but it could
Jun 07, 2019 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Because we are so saturated in American culture, very few Australians realise that free speech in this country isnt really a thing. It is not merely not protected its far worse than that. If you read any of the vast array...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight