ALHR, with other lawyers, have been quoted in a Lawyers Weekly article “Lawyers question legality of PNG asylum plan”. Lawyers’ Weekly interviewed ALHR’s President in writing their article. The article’s concluding paragraphs are extracted below. Australia has promised to ‘provide support, through a service provider, to any refugees who are resettled in PNG’, but Southalan … Read More >>
ALHR commended the Government’s proposed reference to Australian Law Reform Commission to examine and report on issues about native title. ALHR suggested that the Commission’s inquiry should also examine the operation of extinguishment law and the courts’ use of historical documents.
ALHR commended the draft Business Reference Guide on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. However ALHR suggested that more attention is required on issues such as who it applies to, and what occurs in relation to existing company operations which were established contrary to human rights.
ALHR’S Submission for the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
See submission, attached.
See submission, attached.
See submission, attached.
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Submission is attached.
26 November 2012 Secretariat Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse PO Box 6555 CANBERRA ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA By email: royalcommissionsecretariat@pmc.gov.au Dear Secretariat, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia 1. On behalf of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR), I provide the following submission in response to the Consultation Paper dated … Read More >>
Submission is attached.
