Category: Rights in crisis
We work with people around the world, affected by conflict and disaster.
A new approach to regional cooperation on refugee protection
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Oxfam has joined with other NGOs from our Asia Pacific region in a joint statement on the Australian Government’s announcement that it intends to subvert the recent ruling by the High Court on the treatment of asylum seekers. Read more »
Are corporations helping the global water crisis?
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Oxfam Australia have joined the global campaign calling for a critique of transnational corporations that are shaping the global response to the world water crisis. Read more »
What the Arms Trade Treaty means for me: John ToGuata
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As the negotiations over the Arms Trade Treaty continue, we speak to another of the Pacific representatives – John ToGuata from Papua New Guinea – to find out what an effective ATT would mean to him. Read more »
What the Arms Trade Treaty means for me: Ema Tagicakibau
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With the Third Session of the Arms Trade Treaty PrepCom well underway, we talk to representatives from the Pacific region. Ema Tagicakibau from Fiji gives us her thoughts on progress so far. Read more »
Dancing in my heart: a letter from South Sudan
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Following its Independence ceremony on Saturday 9 July, South Sudan is officially the world’s youngest country. Aguet, a member of Oxfam’s emergency response team, describes her joy at her country’s newfound independence and her hopes for the future. Read more »
Strong peacekeeping mission needed in South Sudan: let’s tweet
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The UN Security Council is expected shortly to authorize a new peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to succeed the current United Nations Mission in Sudan. We need your help to ensure that adequate numbers of troops are kept in the country to protect civilians in the world’s newest country. Read more »
Australia’s responsibility on cluster bombs
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In 2008, Australia signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions. To ratify this treaty, legislation is currently before our Parliament, but the loopholes and problems associated with it are far from the ideal outcome for a country that supposedly opposes the use of these horrible weapons. Read more »
Exploring how to apply development in the Arms Treaty
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The latest roundtable meeting finds that the Arms Trade Treaty needs to have a strong basis in development in order to be successful in preventing the conditions that have given rise to the need for such a treaty. Read more »
Australia’s ban on cluster munitions: Will we set the right example?
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Yesterday, the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade was due to deliver its report on its inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010. This is the proposed legislation that will enact Australia’s obligations under the Cluster Munitions Convention, which it signed at the end of 2008. Read more »
Armstreaty 2011 – it’s a wrap
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The Arms Trade Treaty negotiations have come to a close (for now). Ben Murphy gives us a rundown on what has been achieved, and where to from here. Read more »
