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The realisation of UHC and the SDGs require collaborative partnerships across sectors of government, diverse stakeholders and communities to address the many seemingly intractable health and development challenges. Appropriate legal frameworks are...

Whilst it is readily conceded that the social production of health is a complex phenomenon and is not susceptible to casual inferences, it cannot be disputed that health is often a function of how law interacts with social conditions – and that...

 As we celebrate the UDHR anniversary, we also need to take stock to reflect on humanity’s journey on this incredible path of realising human rights for all. In doing so, we must acknowledge that whilst the rhetoric has been on the...

It may be appropriate - in order to contextualise our discussion - to give a brief overview of background information, which may serve as a reminder of the challenge we face and must defeat going forward, in order to realise our vision for justice...

I only flag some of the ”tough” cases that frequent our courts that require us to re-visit the notion of rights afresh if we are to remain at the cutting edge of our calling and deliver the promise of our constitutions. I imagine that our...

These includes the Jagera and the Turrbal people, the Nunukul of Stradbroke Island, the Joondaburri of Bribie Island, the Ningy Ningy of Moreton Bay, the Gubbi Gubbi of the Sunshine Coast and Yagera and Ugarapul from Rosewood out towards Helidon. I...

It is a beautiful feeling – one difficult to describe to see you here in the Pacific – in PNG, contributing in one way or the other to the development of PNG as global citizens. I am advised that the theme for this year is:...

Over the years, since GW commissioned me to write his biography:  “Unearthing the Hidden Treasure: The Untold Story of Gobe Matenge” my relationship with him and his family deepened. We became one family – his children my...

I wish to express my sincere condolences to his family and say to them that as much as I understand the loss they have suffered, they must take heart that he has rested. He seemed to be in great pain when I last visited him at Gaborone Private...

In the African continent, there has been a very mixed record of achievement on human rights and social justice for vulnerable and key populations, including LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) persons. It is correct to assert...

I am truly and sincerely grateful to the Chief Justice, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and the President of PNG Law Society, for their generous and kind words of welcome. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the Judicial and...