ALHR today wrote to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, congratulating him on certain announced initiatives and asking whether the Government had considered a nationally funded celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
ALHR today wrote to new Attorney-General, Robert McLelland, setting out the areas, within his portfolio, in need of reform.
ALHR wrote today to the new Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, congratulating him on announced initiatives and outlining further areas in need for reform.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights today signed an open letter to the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs urging the government to look beyond short-term punitive measures and endeavour to work with communities to develop long-term and sustainable solutions.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights wrote to the Queensland Premier expressing concern that Queensland remains the sole Australian state to treat 17 year olds as adults in the criminal justice system. ALHR referred to the comments by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights expressed concern to the Prime Minister about recent suggestions that the refugee status determination procedure in Australia will be revised to include ‘national interest’ or similar considerations following friction between Australia and Indonesia over 42 West Papuan refugees being granted temporary protection visas.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights has written to the Singaporean Prime Minister appealing for clemency for Van Tuong Nguyen, the Melbourne man currently facing a death sentence in Singapore.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, in response to the leaking of the draft anti-terrorism legislation, has written a letter with a number of other organisation to the Chief Minister and the Attorney-General.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights wrote to the Queensland Premier expressing concern that Queensland will receive adverse comment by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Children because it remains the sole Australian state to treat 17 year olds as adults in the criminal justice system.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights was one of 43 signatories to a widely published letter condemning the war on Iraq as illegal at international law.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights exhorted the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Downer, to support the Optional Protocol
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights issued public comment opposing the Administrative Decisions (Effect of International Instruments) Bill 1999 which was designed to negate the effect of the High Court decision in Teoh.
