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On the ground at Australia's Universal Periodic Review

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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The second Universal Periodic Review of Australia took place under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council on November 9. Such reviews, which entail wide ranging scrutiny of a state’s human rights record, take place ever 4.5 years for each UN member state.

This is Australia’s second UPR, with the first having taken place in...

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Beyond gender: LGBTIQ abuse shows it’s time to shift the debate on partner violence

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imageViolence plays out in highly gendered ways. But many more factors are at play.Syda Productions/Shutterstock

A recently released report confirms what a growing body of national and international research has shown: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people experience family and sexual violence at rates similar to, or...

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