Dr Lisa Hartley and Dr Caroline Fleay have released a research report titled Released but not yet free: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Community after Long‐Term Detention. The report explores the experiences of asylum seekers released into the community after long-term immigration detention in Australia (between 15 – 25 months). This is the first [...]
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Mary Anne Kenny and Lisa Hartley received the award on behalf of the Centre
The Centre for Human Rights Education received the Faculty of Humanities 2012 Pro-Vice Chancellor’s Award for research and advocacy in the area of refugee rights. This award was presented at Curtin University on 20 November 2012. The award was in recognition of [...]
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It has been a busy time for CHRE staff members during the beginning of the non-teaching break!
On November 12-13th, Dr Lisa Hartley, Dr Caroline Fleay and Dr Lucy Fiske from the Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) attended the Swinburne University Forced Migration, Migration and Humanitarianism in Australia and Beyond symposium in Melbourne. The symposium [...]
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Dr Lucy Fiske and Dr Caroline Fleay from the Centre for Human Rights Education visited Indonesia in October 2012, where they attended the 2nd South East Asian Human Rights Network International Conference on Human Rights and Peace & Conflict in Southeast Asia held in Jakarta. The conference confirmed that human rights are most definitely of [...]
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The event ‘Nauru Mark II: The politics of seeking asylum in Australia’ that was run by the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University on Tuesday 9 October 2012 was a successful evening with over 110 people in attendance.
People from various industry backgrounds came along to listen to and ask questions of the invited [...]
Nauru Mark II: The politics of seeking asylum in Australia
The Centre for Human Rights Education invites you to a panel discussion with Dr Savitri Taylor, Andrew Bartlett, and Dr Caroline Fleay.
Chaired by Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny, join us to also hear the voices and experiences of asylum seekers who were held on Nauru under [...]
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As the first asylum seekers are sent to Nauru from Australia, the voices and experiences of those who were held on Nauru under the Howard Government must be heard. ‘Repeating Despair on Nauru: The Impacts of Offshore Processing on Asylum Seekers’, a paper by Caroline Fleay, highlights the despair that was generated by offshore processing [...]
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L-R: Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny, Professor Mary Crock and Dr Caroline Fleay at the Centre for Human Rights Education
Director of the CHRE, Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny, will be a guest on the ABC Law Report which airs on ABC Radio National on Tuesday 21 August 2012 at 3.30 pm Perth time. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/
Associate [...]
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Dr Caroline Fleay and Dr Lisa Hartley of the Centre for Human Rights Education have assisted Associate Professor Anne Pedersen of Murdoch University compile an open letter that has been sent to many Members of Parliament regarding solutions for asylum seekers. Over 200 academics who specialise in research in the refugee and asylum seeker area [...]
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Postponement of “Shifting the politics of asylum seekers” forum scheduled for Wednesday 4 July 6 – 8pm at Curtin University
In view of the ongoing negotiations in Canberra on asylum seeker policy, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has regretfully had to withdraw from the public forum “Shifting the politics of asylum seekers” being co-hosted by ASeTTS, Curtin University [...]
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