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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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Understanding why, when and how Australia promotes human rights in Asia

  • Melissa Conley Tyler,

In pursuing its foreign policy, Australia has to balance various interests in human rights, security and prosperity.

The many challenges of fighting against enforced disappearances in Asia

  • Professor Tae-Ung Baik,

Many Asian countries still do not understand the nature of enforced disappearance, and often believe the issue is not relevant in their countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic and possibilities for Arab ‘risk society’

  • Professor Larbi Sadiki & Associate Professor Layla Saleh,

COVID-19 may afflict without discrimination, but not all polities, economies and societies can equally withstand its damage and rebuild in its aftermath.

Building a community for sexual orientation and gender identity rights in ASEAN

  • Professor Meredith Weiss,

If ASEAN is unlikely to see its way toward SOGIE rights, the arena it reifies arguably helps activists navigate strategies.

Transnational civil society in Asia

WEBINAR: Transnational interactions among civil society actors in Asia are helping to strengthen common democratic values.