During early March, ALHR President Stephen Keim SC met with Father SJ Emmanuel, an eminent spokesperson on behalf of the Tamil community of Sri Lanka, and their ongoing quest for justice. Father Emmanuel is a former Vicar-General of the Jaffna diocese. He is President of the Global Tamil Forum. Father Emmanuel fled Jaffna Peninsula along … Read More >>
ALHR President Stephen Keim SC was invited to speak at a rally held in defence of WikiLeaks on Wednesday 9 February in King George Square, Brisbane. In his address, Mr Keim congratulated participants for their show of support for Wikileaks and their defence of the principles of free speech and a free press. Mr Keim … Read More >>
ALHR supports the development and adoption of a legislative Charter of human rights for Tasmania. It applauds the Tasmanian Government on its progress towards its development.
In November 2010, Parliament tabled the “Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010” to implement Australia’s obligations under the Convention on Cluster Munitions. While ALHR welcomed the tabling it remained concerned that the legislation in its present form would bring Australia in potential breach of its obligations, and undermine the effectiveness of the Convention. … Read More >>
In his speech for ALHR and Australians Against Capital Punishment dinner marking world End Capital Punishment Day, David Marr detailed the history of capital punishment in Australia and Australia’s role in ending capital punishment in our region. David has published his speech in an article in The Age newspaper. The article can be viewed here.
The National Committee of ALHR resolved to place on paper the principles which guide it in its advocacy in support of human rights at the international level. Although not meant to be exhaustive, this draft document discussed by the national Committee at its September meeting lays down the strong reasons why ALHR should be heard … Read More >>
In this short account, Stephen Keim relates some recollections of the David Marr dinner in Brisbane on 8 October 2010 to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty.
On 8 October 2010, David Marr delivered a speech to a dinner organised by ALHR and Aussies Against Capital Punishment. The speech sets out Australia’s legal and political approach to the death penalty from early colonisation to the present. David quotes some unsettling statistics and statements by present-day Australian political leaders which suggest that the … Read More >>
Stephen Keim and Eve Lester, “Gillard the Myth Maker” article published in the Canberra Times about Prime Minister Gillard’s proposal for a regional asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor, delivered in a speech to the Lowy Institute on 6 July 2010.
ALHR response to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s Report on its Inquiry into Migration Treatment of Disability, tabled 21 June 2010 report recommendations on the “health requirement” for visa applicants. ALHR made a submission to this inquiry on 19 July 2010.
ALHR comment on the implementation of the CESCR committee’s concluding observations on Australia’s periodic report under ICESCR.
