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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
INTRODUCTION: Questions and challenges for civil society and human rights in Asia
As elsewhere, many societies in Asia have recently witnessed the rapid rise of populists and democratic regression.
Understanding why, when and how Australia promotes human rights in Asia
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
Many Asian countries still do not understand the nature of enforced disappearance, and often believe the issue is not relevant in their countries.
The year of daring: revisiting the Philippine left’s dalliance with a strongman
Given Duterte’s open endorsement of mass killings and
anti-human rights rhetoric, how was an alliance possible with the left movement?
The COVID-19 pandemic and possibilities for Arab ‘risk society’
COVID-19 may afflict without discrimination, but not all polities, economies and societies can equally withstand its damage and rebuild in its aftermath.