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Push by parliamentary MPs to take up IHRA interpretation has been criticised as an ‘outright attack on academic freedom’
Australian universities are split on whether to adopt a controversial definition of antisemitism following a push from parliamentary MPs that has been criticised as an “outright attack on academic freedom”.
On 25 January, the University of Melbourne became the first institution to publicly announce it would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as part of its broader “anti-racism commitment”, leading to backlash from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) who said they were denied repeated requests for consultation.
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