ALHR

The personal accounts of gay men fleeing persecution in Iraq is the basis for a new theatrical production in Melbourne. For more information click here.  

Calling all lawyers, barristers, migration agents & law students in Melbourne, we’ve a crisis on our hands. 30,000 people seeking asylum who came by boat in need of help 98% of legal funding cut by the Australian Gov. 80% with no one to help them. A new unfair legal system 24,000 in limbo since August … Read More >>

Phil Robertson oversees the work of Human Rights Watch throughout Asia, especially in southeast Asia, North Korea and Japan. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 2009, Phil worked for more than a decade in southeast Asia on human rights, labour rights, protection of migrant workers, and counter-human trafficking efforts with a variety of non-governmental organisations, international and … Read More >>

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) hosts Anna Burke MP (Labor) and Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens) as they discuss their parties’ refugee policies and plans.  Joining them in discussion will be legal community stakeholders and experts in refugee law: Julian Burnside AO QC (Vic Bar),   David Manne (Refugee Legal) and Dr Savitri Taylor  ​(La Trobe University).Together, this distinguished panel of speakers will answer questions … Read More >>

The Human Rights, International Law and Public Law and Government Committees with the support of the Rule of Law Institute of Australia invite you to a very special event to commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta and International Human Rights Day  ‘From Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 2015 and Beyond’ … Read More >>

Day 5: International Franciscans, Edmund Rice International and CEDAW        I spent the morning at attending an excellent course hosted by Edmund Rice International and the Franciscans International. The director of Edmund Rice International, Brian Bond, and Qld ERI delegates Jim Darcy and Anita Hendrie were gracious enough to host me. The course was … Read More >>

Day 4 – Part 2 – Business, Human Rights and a Well-Suited Mountain Trek Protest                [Not the photo caption: 2:34pm. Café on Rue des Vermont. 120m from Palais Des Nations main entrance]. Jose Parra is a human rights consultant based in Geneva and has over 15 years of professional experience. He has worked … Read More >>

DAY 4 (Part 1) – UPR Post-Mortem NGO Round-table @ Aus Mission HQ Woken up at 4:30am by a phone call from Michael McKenna at The Australian but not in relation to the UPR in relation to our Burragubba judicial review case in Federal Court being heard on 23 – 24 November against the Adani … Read More >>

Academics and professionals from medical and legal fields watched “Hard to Believe”—a documentary-style film exploring unethical organ harvesting in China, at N.S.W. Parliament House in Sydney on October 28.  The screening was supported by the Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) and followed by a Q&A session facilitated by N.S.W. Greens MP David Shoebridge. Nathan Kennedy, ALHR’s … Read More >>

DAY 3 – Part 3 – The BIG Game – Australia in the Hot Seat Finally, the moment had arrived, Australia at the “World Cup of Human Rights”. I entered the most courteous global Colosseum  and assumed my position back in the press gallery after taking another requisite selfie with Jose in the main chamber … Read More >>

DAY 3 – PART 2 – AMNESTY LUNCH PANEL ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES I bumped into President Gillian Triggs at the lunch set up outside Room XXII where the event as to be held. We had a great catch up about the engagement the AHRC had had from about 55 diplomatic missions who were seriously concerned … Read More >>

DAY 3 – PART 1: AN ASTUTE AUSTRIAN MORNING Woke up in the dark at 5:45am and had a quick breakfast with my host family who were off skiing for the day. It was a brisk morning so I joined the chill with a quick hop, step and jump along the glorious morning lake charmer … Read More >>