There are over 68.5 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes – with 25.4 million of them being officially classified as refugees. Most have been displaced for years. Millions of refugees globally continue to…
Category: Oceania
Fiji: On the Frontlines in the Fight against Climate Change
The Republic of Fiji is an archipelago located in the South Pacific, about 3000 km (2000 mi) east of Australia. Its closest neighbors are other archipelagos, such as Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the West, and Tonga and Samoa in…
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Africa, America, Asia, Climate Change, Continent, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, Paris Agreement Article Series, Series, Topics, World
Introducing IFLRY’s CCP Climate Change Article Series
This article is the introduction to a series by the IFLRY Climate Change Programme, looking at how different countries are implementing the Paris Agreement. 2018 is an important year for climate action and for IFLRY’s Climate Change Programme. This month,…
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Copyright Should Favour Creators – not Capital
Copyright laws have always struck me as a very good example of how Liberal ideas have been taken too far, subverting the rights and freedoms that they were initially supposed to confer. The first copyright law was the Statute of…
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World Hepatitis Day: Why You Sould Know about this Disease
Viral hepatitis, which is hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, is a heavy burden on global health. Acute hep-B and C account for 2.7 percent of deaths around the world. While 2 percent may seem like a small percent…
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Australian Government Chickens Out on Gay Marriage
I’m not sure quite how to say this. The Australian Government has decided that the ability of same-sex couples to marry will be determined by a nationwide survey. Forms will shortly be sent to registered voters and on Wednesday 15…
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The Australian Elections: a Mixed Result for Liberals
On the night of the early July election, Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull waited till midnight to address the media. Despite enjoying sky-high approval ratings after toppling former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in a party-room coup, a series of concessions to…
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Introducing the new IFLRY Bureau – Pauline Kastermans
Dear liberal friends, First of all, thank you for your support! As newly elected IFLRY president, I am happy to introduce to you the other newly-elected members of the bureau: General Secretary Tone Bjørndal, from our member organisation Young Liberals…
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Liberalism Down Under – Dan Carr
For me IFLRY’s 2015 General Assembly was a peculiar occasion. A conference of people who care about addressing climate change, expanding free trade and promoting feminism is not something you would stumble upon in Australia. It was a pleasure to be…
Africa, America, Asia, Climate Change, Continent, Democracy, Europe, Human Rights, Middle East, Migration / Refugees, Oceania
Climate Refugees: The Crisis that isn’t Recognised – Harriet Ainscough
Last year saw the largest number of refugees worldwide since the Second World War, and this year the numbers don’t look to be reducing. There’s an aspect to this crisis which isn’t accounted for within the UN Convention on the…
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