The new trans-national politics of LGBT human rights in the Commonwealth: what can UK NGOs learn from the global South? [PDF]
, 2015 How should struggles for decriminalisation, human rights and equality in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity be taken forward? The chapter discusses this issue in a context where the British Empire’s legal legacy of criminalisation ...
Waites, Matthew
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn +6 more
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MDMA Powder, Pills and Crystal: The persistance of ecstasy and the poverty of policy. [PDF]
, 2009 Commonly known as ecstasy, MDMA has been central to the British acid house, rave and dance club scene over the last 20 years. Figures from the annual national British Crime Survey suggest that ecstasy use has declined since 2001. This apparent decline is
Measham, Fiona +2 more
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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The Criminalisation of Migration in Europe: A State-of-the-Art of the Academic Literature and Research. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe No. 61, October 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 In the last 30 years, a clear trend has come to define modern immigration law and policy. A set of seemingly disparate developments concerning the constant reinforcement of border controls, tightening of conditions of entry, expanding capacities for ...
Parkin, Joanna
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
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L’Année du Maghreb, 2017 The analysis of sex-work practices in terms of intimate economy in Morocco allows, on the one hand, to link generally separated sexual practices (acts of prostitution and intimate sexual acts not prostitution) and, on the other hand, to observe how these
Mériam Cheikh
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When mobility is not a choice Problematising asylum seekers’ secondary movements and their criminalisation in the EU. CEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe No. 2019-11, December 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 The notion of ‘secondary movements’ is commonly used to describe the mobility of third country nationals for the purpose of seeking international protection in an EU member state other than the one of first irregular entry according to the EU Dublin ...
Carrera, Sergio +3 more
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Parent abuse: Can law be the answer? [PDF]
, 2012 © Cambridge University Press 2012This article reviews the different forms of legal interventions which may be available to address parent abuse. It seeks to examine the evidence as to which are actually used currently and the problems which are inherent ...
Burton +8 more
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