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.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights wrote a letter to all Australian Senators urging them to oppose the Administrative Decisions (Effect of International Instruments) Bill 1999 which was designed to negate the effect of the High Court decision in Teoh (where the High Court confirmed that an applicant to the Government for an administrative decision has … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights wrote a letter, published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Australia’s ratification of the International Criminal Court.
ALHR raised concerns in letters to the NSW and Commonwealth Attorneys General regarding proposals to amend Federal and State anti-discrimination law to prevent drug dependence from being defined as a disability
