US National Security Advisor John Bolton gave a blistering speech against the International Criminal Court recently, so we just had to read the juiciest bits out and pick them apart for you, dear listener.And of course after that, we have our human rights heroes and villains of the week.*Image Credit Gage Skidmore…

We spoke to almost 100 teachers, school principals, support staff, parents of kids with disability and young adults about educating kids with disability in Victoria's mainstream schools. We also pored over every law, policy and practice that affected education for kids with disability, then we wrote a report with over 30 recommendations for how the…

In this episode, Tania Penovic and Eleanor Jenkin join Marius to chat about the United Nations and its many and varied functions, with a particular focus on its human rights role. They also tell us their human rights hero or villain of the week.Oleh The Castan Centre podcast

In this episode, Marius, Maria O'Sullivan and Tania Penovic recount the history of offshore processing and explain how we got to the point where refugees are starving on Manus Island. In an act of cognitive dissonance all to common with human rights lawyers, they also perform an act of cognitive dissonance by combining this extremely depressing top…

Associate Professor Patrick Emerton joins us for his first stint on the podcast to discuss the Australian High Court's recent decision on Tasmania's "anti-protest" law. For the episode notes, head to: http://www.haveyougotthatright.com/the-podcast/Oleh The Castan Centre podcast

Marius, Melissa and Castan Centre Deputy Director Professor Paula Gerber discuss the same-sex marriage survey.They have a look at what other countries are doing, the challenge brought in the high court to the survey and what happens after the results of the survey are in.Oleh The Castan Centre podcast

Marius, Melissa and Sarah reflect on the highlights of this year's Human Rights Conference, and the themes of the day, including fear, violence and intersectionality (!).They also chat about two big issues at the moment - marriage equality and free speech - before ending with the hero and villain of the week and "Did You See That?".---This episode’…

In this special interview edition, John Lawrence SC talks about the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. John - who spoke at our conference in July - represented an Indigenous boy who was abused at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre when he was 14 years old. 97% of youth in detention in the NT a…

Kevin Myles is a civil rights activist for NAACP and our Maurice Blackbun Visiting Activist. We talked to him about civil rights issues facing the black community in America such as incarceration rates, police brutality and more.---This episode's Community Partner is the Police Accountability Project . It is a specialist, innovative, public interes…

We consider the right to protest, when is it protected and what are the limits? We also chat about ducks, drugs in sport and manspreading. With Marius Smith, Sarah Joseph, Azadeh Dastyari, Caroline Henckels and Tania Penovic.View the podcast in iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/have-you-got-that-right/id1239285775?mt=2…

Description: Kevin Washburn was the Obama Administration's highest ranked advisor on Native American affairs from 2012 to 2016. While he was our guest in Australia, we chatted to him about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, land rights, Donald Trump's history with Indian tribes and more. Kevin visited as part of our Holding Redlich Distin…

We take a look at humanitarian intervention - why does the world so often invoke it as the solution to conflict? And is it even legal? We also chat about the latest Australian asylum seeker outrages and Jeff Sessions' back-to-the-future tough on crime stance.Oleh The Castan Centre podcast

Trailer for our new human rights podcast which we will be releasing on May 24, bringing you in depth expert analysis of current human rights happenings.Oleh The Castan Centre podcast