Congratulations to all our recipients at this year’s Law Awards Night. UTS Law Awards and Scholarships would not be possible without our supporters, donors and friends of the Faculty of Law.
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This just in! @UTSLaw has been awarded $2.2m by @healthgovau for a new research partnership with @halcNSW, @HepAus, @napwha and @ASHM aiming to Identify and Eliminate Legal Barriers to Testing and Treatment for People Living with #HIV or #HepatitisB
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Dr @Alex_Grey_ & Dr @LauraSKh argue that the right to understand the law is often undermined by the mono-lingual norms and beliefs in our legal and regulatory processes. Read more: https://t.co/CbMHzgfMtO
Dr Cait Storr explores the fundamental question: What regulatory principles should govern resource extraction in domains beyond national jurisdiction? Read more: https://t.co/v9CKyyCf2v
“Australia’s laws either embed gender stereotypes or ignore the importance of bringing a gender perspective to legal drafting altogether.” Dr @rvijeyarasa discusses how AI may prove the best legal mind for tackling inequality.
Read more: https://t.co/hJ0RIfpvv2
New report by Prof. @Lambert7Helene provides first look at the legal risks of statelessness and nationality loss in the context of climate change in the Pacific and how Pacific Islanders who move abroad risk losing their citizenship.
Read more: https://t.co/9ccDoOxteG
For First Nations people, land is the most important aspect of life and well-being. PhD candidate Lydia McGrady claims unprocessed claims in NSW continues to grow, with over 1.12 million hectares of land not being processed until 2044. Read more: https://t.co/s6uPv6NgqK
Australia was once a relevant global player when it came to #genderequality. Today we rank 43rd on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index. UTS Law's @rvijeyarasa says we need systemic change, including more women in politics: https://t.co/RQe6YLCN9P
In #NSW there have been significant wins for #FirstNations#landrights. But unprocessed claims still outnumber the successes writes @UTSLaw PhD candidate Lydia McGrady in @ConversationEDU: https://t.co/zeZKdlExE7
First Nations land rights have seen some wins, but a huge number of claims have not seen any traction - including many that were lodged over a decade ago.
@UTSEngage PhD Candidate Lydia McGrady explains the issue: https://t.co/RSopmOxx5K
"It's not only that we put social justice at the centre of what we do, but that we actually strive to redress injustice," says UTS Law Dean, Professor @AnitaStuhmcke
We don't really need to introduce the recently appointed Dean of Law to UTS, she knows the place better than most of us. Anita Stuhmcke talks about a journey that started in 1996 as an associate lecturer in this Q&A, @UTSLaw: https://t.co/JccjK5d6b4
Former Deputy PM Tim Fischer once called for the appointment of "capital-C conservatives" to the #HighCourt. We're not there yet on US-style politicisation, but action is needed to head it off write @HarryHobbsUTS & @GeorgeNewhouse via @ConversationEDU: https://t.co/OrnD6Dllj4
More than 100 million people worldwide have been driven from their homes by persecution, war and human rights violations and wealthy countries like Australia need to do more to help @UTSLaw's @dehmsa tells @abcnews: https://t.co/AwCcNlm0P1
Regulation of #AI needs to become an @ausgov priority, write UTS Law's Dr @rvijeyarasa and @Sydney_Uni Jose Miguel Bello y Villarino: https://t.co/mSOHdYcJDR
Mentioning artificial intelligence in the same breath as law might evoke concerns about issues like privacy, but by the same token #AI could prove the best legal mind for tackling inequality according to @UTSLaw's @rvijeyarasa: Read about her work here: https://t.co/qoo5IxaoKQ
In the face of the human tragedy that is war, why protect monuments when people are dying? @UTSLaw's Ana Filipa Vrdoljak discusses why attacks on cultural property are evidence of intent in the crime of genocide for @AIIANational: https://t.co/foljkN8V0Z