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Discussion Paper – The Fairytale of Excision: Human Rights Issues on Christmas Island

posted on March 23, 2009

Prepared for the UN Human Rights Committee: Consideration of Australia  23-24 March 2009 Recent changes made by the current Australian Government have indicated a positive shift towards greater recognition and implementation of Australia’s international obligations towards boat arrivals, especially our human rights obligations. Despite the improvements that have been made, ALHR remains concerned at the … Read More >>

ALHR President speaks to IPS

posted on January 20, 2009

ALHR President talks to IPS about Australia’s rejection of Bush administration requests to accept a number of detainees currently held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Click here to read article

Book Review of “Human Rights Overboard”

posted on October 27, 2008

ALHR President, Susan Harris Rimmer, has reviewed “Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia”. Human Rights Overboard is essentially a collection of the oral testimony and written submissions from the People’s Inquiry into Detention, established by the Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work in 2005. The Inquiry was partly in response to … Read More >>

ALHR endorsed NGO Submission to UN Human Rights Committee

posted on September 1, 2008

ALHR endorsed the NGO Submission, prepared by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, the National Association of Community Legal Centres and Kingsford Legal Centre, to the UN Human Rights Committee on Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

ALHR Submission on Reform of Government Legal Services Procurement

posted on June 11, 2008

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights made a submission to the Office of Legal Services Coordination Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department in relation to legal services procurement and pro bono legal work. ALHR strongly supported the Attorney General’s proposal to encourage commitment to pro bono by preferencing those firms that have a demonstrated commitment to the delivery … Read More >>