Human Rights

What values do we want to bequeath to our children?
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What values do we want to bequeath to our children?

Do we want to bequeath the next generation a society where those with money and influence are exempted from the legal accountability?

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November 7, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law

Why Australia should not be rewarded with a seat on the UN Security Council

My apologies for my tardiness in updating Blak and Black over the last week or so, I’ve been reviewing evidence with a former colleague and equally concerned citizen relating to…

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October 27, 2011
Accountability / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands

Australia in the Solomons: A case study in 21st Century Gunboat Diplomacy

Update: Subsequent to writing this post the Solomon Start has published an article which confirms much of what Blak and Black has been arguing concerning RAMSI's role in the Solomon…

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October 19, 2011
What Civil Liberties Australia has to say about corruption in the AFP
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What Civil Liberties Australia has to say about corruption in the AFP

CLA has made a scathing statement about the Australian Federal Police, highlighting their lack of accountability and disregard for ACT law.

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October 16, 2011
Accountability / ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Australian Labor Party / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Government / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / PNG / Police / Racism / Rule of Law

ALP corruption, a suicide in the AFP and death threats made against a three year old – Human Rights Australian style

The following post has been written by a colleague of mine from Papua New Guinea (PNG). I first met Pius in 1996 when I was working for the Papua New…

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October 15, 2011
Asia-Pacific / Assimilation / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / Rule of Law / United Nations

You can’t preach the moral high ground and walk in the gutter: Australia and West Papua

Recurrent themes in Australian politics since the events of 9/11 and the beginning of the euphemistically though erroneously named ‘war on terror’ have been national security, border protection and exporting…

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October 8, 2011
Complicity, obligation and mutual respect
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Complicity, obligation and mutual respect

White privilege operates on a system complicity in which the beneficiaries, consciously or otherwise, accept the genocide of Indigenous peoples around the world.

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September 27, 2011
Ernst & Young: A vehicle for hiding corruption in Canberra
ACT Government / Australian Defence Force / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Commonwealth Ombudsman / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Ernst & Young / Former Commissioner / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Refugee Policy / Refugees / Respect / Rule of Law

Ernst & Young: A vehicle for hiding corruption in Canberra

Ernst & Young's role in breaching the confidentiality of a former Indigenous employee at the behest of ACT Treasury must be scrutinised.

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September 26, 2011
Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide by stealth / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands / United Nations

Has the Pacific Islands Forum (“PIF”) become a tool for white neo-colonial interests?

The progress of human society, has in different ages, presented abundance of horrors and abundance of vices, which in treating history properly, we are obliged to pass over gently, and…

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September 19, 2011
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Fear and Trembling – Australia’s gutless approach to the genocide in Papua

The following article appeared in Friday’s Jakarta Post: Maj. Gen. Wisnu Bawatenaya has been appointed to become commander of the Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus) replacing Maj. Gen. Lodewijk F…

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September 13, 2011
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The wisdom of Miles Jordana: Hidden in plain sight

The following is a modified version of an article which first appeared in the Fiji Sun on 12 September, 2011 and which Blak and Black has linked to since publishing…

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September 12, 2011
Beware the tolling bell
Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / Solomon Islands / United Nations

Beware the tolling bell

Across the world the common factor in regional conflicts is inequality and no-one is immune to the consequences.

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September 10, 2011