Communicative Justice and COVID-19: Australia’s Pandemic Response and International Guidance

Grey, A

Communicative Justice and COVID-19: Australia’s Pandemic Response and International Guidance

Grey, A

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Publisher:: SYDNEY LAW SCH
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Sydney Law Review, 2023, 45, (1), pp. 1-43
Issue Date:: 2023-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Grey, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-6969
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-03T05:13:52Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-03T05:13:52Z
dc.date.issued	2023-03-01
dc.identifier.citation	Sydney Law Review, 2023, 45, (1), pp. 1-43
dc.identifier.issn	0082-0512
dc.identifier.issn	1444-9528
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/172976
dc.description.abstract	This article is driven by concerns over communicative justice and the author’s earlier research finding that only a patchy framework of laws and policies guides decision-making for Australian governments’ multilingual public communications. The article investigates the additional guiding role of international law, specifically the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and recent commentary by international organisations, alongside an original, empirical case study of Australian governments’ COVID-19 communications. In analysing the Australian case study in light of the international guidance, the article concludes that although Australian COVID-19 communications were available in a relatively high number of languages, they were characterised by inefficiencies and limited community input or strategic planning, leaving Australia arguably falling short of progressively realising its right-to-health obligations.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SYDNEY LAW SCH
dc.relation.ispartof	Sydney Law Review
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1801 Law
dc.subject.classification	48 Law and legal studies
dc.title	Communicative Justice and COVID-19: Australia’s Pandemic Response and International Guidance
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	45
utslib.for	1801 Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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dc.date.updated	2023-11-03T05:13:51Z
pubs.issue	1
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This article is driven by concerns over communicative justice and the author’s earlier research finding that only a patchy framework of laws and policies guides decision-making for Australian governments’ multilingual public communications. The article investigates the additional guiding role of international law, specifically the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and recent commentary by international organisations, alongside an original, empirical case study of Australian governments’ COVID-19 communications. In analysing the Australian case study in light of the international guidance, the article concludes that although Australian COVID-19 communications were available in a relatively high number of languages, they were characterised by inefficiencies and limited community input or strategic planning, leaving Australia arguably falling short of progressively realising its right-to-health obligations.

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