ALHR has joined with over 60 groups who have signed a letter to the NSW Premier calling for the government to facilitate the March for Humanity, a planned peaceful procession calling for for greater action by the Australian government in the face of Israel’s blockade and starvation crisis in Gaza. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has written to the Victorian Premier, Attorney General and member of the Legislative Council calling on them to support the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Amendment (Right to Housing) Bill 2025 (the Bill) when it comes before the Legislative Council for debate. ALHR strongly supports the full incorporation of … Read More >>
ALHR is proud to join with 88 community sector organisations calling on the Australian Government to aim for net zero emissions by 2035 to reduce the harmful impacts of Climate Change. We must keep global warming at 1.5C. To do our fair share as a country, the science argues that Australia should aim to reduce … Read More >>
ALHR has written to the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs calling on the Albanese Government to live up to its promise to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In our letter we note recent comments by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in relation to unilateral military … Read More >>
A decade ago today, the United Nations celebrated the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR). In a letter to the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus KC MP and Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong, Human Rights experts have called on Australia to mark this anniversary by … Read More >>
ALHR has today written the the Commonwealth Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus KC MP and the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney MP, to express our profound concern at the human rights impacts of a funding crisis that is leading to service freezes at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) across the country. ATSILS are facing … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) joins with Transgender Victoria, the Victorian Pride Lobby, LGBTIQ Legal Service and other key LGBTIQ and ally organisations led by Southside Justice in calling for action from the Victorian Government following the anti-trans protests in Melbourne on 18 March 2023. In a joint letter the group has acknowledged and … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has condemned the West Australian Government’s decision to transfer 20 children and young people from Banksia Hill Detention Centre (BHDC) to the maximum security adult Casuarina Prison stating there are “no circumstances that justify the placement of children in adult prison facilities.” ALHR President Kerry Weste said, “Moving children … Read More >>
On 21 May this year, most adult Australians will vote in the Federal Election. However, there is a whole section of our community who can be removed from the Electoral Roll and disallowed from having their say: people deemed to be of “unsound mind.” In an open letter to the Prime Minister and Leader of … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is calling on Senators to oppose the Morrison Government’s heavily-criticised Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill. The Bill failed to pass the Parliament before the 2019 election and was then blocked by the Senate in October 2021. ALHR says the Bill’s proposed measures undermine our criminal justice system … Read More >>
Dear ALHR members and supporters, Help send the Religious Discrimination Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Inquiry Parliament will be considering this Bill again tomorrow, so we must act NOW We are reaching out to you with an urgent call to action. Please see below for details and our easy to send pro forma letter that … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) expresses significant concern regarding the press conferences held by the NSW Government on October 10 and 11 2021 which did not have Auslan interpreters visible to viewers. Natalie Wade, Vice President and Disability Rights Subcommittee Chair states, “Article 21 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with … Read More >>
