By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology
It has taken over 20 years, and the ICC is under intense pressure, but this week’s conviction of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman is a major win for international law.
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By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
While it might seem simple, there are many steps involved between you calling Triple Zero, and paramedics, police or firefighters arriving to help.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Kaola Baird racing with teammates at the Dragon Boat Race Festival in September 2021. Baird works in Toronto as a fitness instructor and yoga coach who supports others through their path in mental health recovery. © 2021 Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch Hauwa, a 25-year-old woman, was lying on the floor, shackled, and barely alive when Human Rights Watch found her in November 2024 in a state-run institution in Kano, Nigeria. She was deaf and had a mental health condition. She died a day later.Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices,…
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By Derek Wilding, Co-Director, Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney
With news of a proposed merger between Seven West and Southern Cross, media laws are back in the spotlight, and so too are the glaring holes in the regulations.
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By Carl Rhodes, Professor of Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
Former prime minister Bob Hawke regretted saying: ‘By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.
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By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University
In a speech to the United Nations Security Council last month, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, took aim at artificial intelligence (AI).
While she said the technology “heralds extraordinary promise” in fields such as health and education, she also said its potential use in nuclear weapons and unmanned systems challenges the future of humanity:
Nuclear warfare has so far been constrained by human judgement.…
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By Roger Dawkins, Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
Kiah Roache-Turner’s new film is a unique blend of war thriller and shark survival gore. And while it could have been thematically deeper, it still packs a punch.
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By Ben Etherington, Associate professor, Western Sydney University
At his peak in the early 1890s, Peter Jackson was easily the most famous living Australian in the world. But he was more than boxer.
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By Elizabeth Nethery, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of British Columbia
Amanda Black, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Amanda K Downey, PhD Candidate, Health Research Methodology, McMaster University
Laura Schummers, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Wendy V. Norman, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia
Why should women in British Columbia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon have access to free contraception while the rest of Canadians do not? Our new research, published in the British…
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By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
Matthew Kenworthy, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Leiden University
A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried. Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution as an unfortunate byproduct, the ones by US startup Reflect Orbital would produce light pollution by design.
The company promises to produce “sunlight on demand” with mirrors that beam sunlight down to Earth so solar…
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