Julian Burnside: If either party were promising to be cruel to animals, it would lose the election. But being cruel to asylum seekers is now a national sport in Australia, and our national character is being redefined
19 Aug 2013: Sarosh Zaiwalla: If Britain has suddenly decided that open justice is a luxury we can't afford, then I for one was not invited to the debate
18 Aug 2013: Patience Akumu of the Kampala Observer asks why the west continues to back Uganda's leader for the last 27 years as his regime clamps down on dissent
Anti-slavery organisations must start to make the case to governments and the private sector of the economic benefits of eliminating slavery, over the moral case, says Nick Grono
Michael Mansfield and Tayab Ali: Human rights lawyers will use the principle of universal jurisdiction to prosecute perpetrators of international crimes