Inquiry into Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012
See submission, attached.
United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
Submission is attached.
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia
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 >>
ALHR’s Submission to the HOR’s Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into Slavery, Slavery- like conditions and People Trafficking
Submission is attached.
Native Title Amendment Bill
The Native Title Amendment Bill 2012 proposes a number of amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 but falls short of what is required to remedy significant shortcomings in Australia’s treatment of Indigenous peoples’ rights in relation to their traditional and ancestral lands. This is a particularly important human rights issue given Australia’s commitments under … Read More >>
Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Queensland Parliament is calling for Submission for the Sustainable Planning and other Legislation Amendment Bill
ALHR contributes to the work of the Independent National Security Legsilation Monitor
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has welcomed the opportunity provided by the INSLM to comment on powers relating to questioning warrants and questioning and detention warrants under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 and control orders and preventative detention orders under the Criminal Code Act 1995. ALHR holds significant concern about the legislative … Read More >>
Queensland government funding cuts undermine access to justice
Stephen Keim, Salwa Marsh and Kate Moran had an op-ed published on Online Opinion arguing against the Newman Government’s cuts to several community legal centres and support services. “The recent funding cuts will have a serious negative effect on the ability of the community to access justice. The government should reconsider the focus of its … Read More >>
Mr. Abbott’s misreading of the evidence
See link for an Online Opinion piece from Stephen Keim and Benedict Coyne. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=14068
Issues for UN Human Rights Committee Periodic Review
In 2013 the UN Human Rights Committee will conduct its Sixth Periodic Report of Australia, reviewing Australia?s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In preparation for the review, the Committee will ask the Government to respond to a list of issues, which a coalition of Australian NGOs, including ALHR, have … Read More >>
Joint NGO follow up report to CEDAW Review
In 2010 Australia was reviewed before the CEDAW committee (Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women) and was asked to report back in two years (ie this year!) for a mid-term review on two particular issues: 1) Violence against women – including the implementation of the National Plan; 2) Special measures … Read More >>