Lana Tatour

2 months ago | overland.org.au | Andrew Brooks |Lana Tatour

We, the undersigned, write to express our condemnation of the decision by the Education Minister Jason Clare to request the Australian Research Council (ARC) to investigate the Future Fellowship of Macquarie University academic Randa Abdel-Fattah “as a matter of priority”.

Nov 28, 2024 | overland.org.au | Kavita Naidu |Andrew Brooks |Lana Tatour |Sarah Abdo

In the Pacific, we know that climate change is exacerbating a human rights crisis. Our survival relies on the world following international law to limit the warming that threatens our people and shores. Yet the recent trajectory of Pacific governments picking and choosing which rights to defend and which to ignore is deeply troubling. At the core of international law lies the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest court.

Nov 19, 2024 | overland.org.au | Andrew Brooks |Lana Tatour |Jasmine Duff |Sarah Abdo

On 29 October 2024, the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights will conduct an inquiry into antisemitism on Australian university campuses. The referral to the Joint Committee on Human Rights follows a months-long process of determination by the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs that included the solicitation of public submissions and public hearings.

Sep 16, 2024 | tcf.org | Dalia Hatuqa |Veena Ali-Khan |Thanassis Cambanis |Lana Tatour

More than two decades after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and three years after the United States formally ended its combat mission there, the American military has still not left. The 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq are a small fraction of the 160,000 stationed there at the height of the American occupation, but even now, Washington operates with minimal coordination with Iraqi authorities.

Sep 9, 2024 | tcf.org | Lana Tatour |Muhannad Ayyash |Sam Heller |Thanassis Cambanis

This Q&A is part of a Century International series exploring a shared future for Palestine and Israel that guarantees the fundamental rights of both communities. The Gaza war has exposed the bankruptcy of the existing policy frameworks. Our “Shared Future” series intends to spur conversation and promote new, better options for security, rights, and governance—for Palestinians and Israelis.