Luxury brands, labour exploitation and sham subcontractors
As more Italian luxury brands are revealed to be – supposedly unknowingly – including illegal factories in their supply chain, the Milan courts are under…
By Cat Woods - 7 min read
Abuse of election workers: the US poses a warning to Australia
Australia has a significantly less contentious political landscape than the US but democracy depends upon the real and perceived safety and security of elections
By Cat Woods - 7 min read
The legal and personal tensions on the US-Mexico border
The first thing you notice when you walk out of the airport in Arizona is the heat. Immediately after the heat comes the politics.
By Joseph Friedman - 7 min read
Are deepfakes the end of reality as we know it?
Seeing is believing until it isn’t.
By Henry Ea - 17 min read
Left in the dark: examining Australian adoptions from South Korea
South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is now investigating hundreds of adoptee cases and has already confirmed an extensive campaign of deceptive falsification of documents
By Cat Woods - 9 min read
The lawyers fighting for West Papua’s independence
This year marks nearly 30 years of East Timorese independence, but despite legal, social and international campaigning and pleas to the UN, West Papuan independence…
By Cat Woods - 8 min read
A fairer and safer future for all women?
Scores of human rights lawyers are urging the international community to codify the crime of gender apartheid in the UN’s crimes against humanity treaty
By Cat Woods - 8 min read
Playing fair in a post-Olympics world: gender, elite skill, and discrimination
French prosecutors are investigating the online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing gold medallist Imane Khelif.
By Cat Woods - 8 min read
Future smart cities: what are the legal considerations and consequences?
According to the United Nations, around 55 per cent of the world’s population presently live in cities. By 2050, that proportion will increase to two-thirds.
By Cat Woods - 9 min read
Who is responsible for space junk?
In the US, a rare accident has taken place that has put the focus on the increasing problem of space junk and its potential impact…
By Cat Woods - 9 min read
Navigating prison with disability
Former prisoners with disability discuss their treatment inside jail, and why they believe the future must be co-designed.
By Danielle Kutchel - 6 min read