ALHR has lodged a submission in relation to the Modern Slavery Act 2018 Draft Guidance for Reporting Entities (Draft Guidance). ALHR welcomes the Draft Guidance as an essential document in supporting reporting entities to comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act), and as a means to ensuring the overall effectiveness of the Act. … Read More >>
ALHR has provided a submission in relation to the Exposure Drafts of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 (RDB), Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 (RDCAB) and the Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019 (HRLAB). ALHR supports a Religious Discrimination Act which provides protections against religious discrimination in areas of public life including … Read More >>
Together with 33 member organisations ALHR has endorsed the Human Rights for NSW Alliance’s submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s national conversation on human rights in Australia – Free and Equal. The purpose of the National Conversation is to: Promote awareness of the importance of human rights to 21st century Australia Identify current limitations and … Read More >>
ALHR made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 reiterating the concerns we raised in our submission to Committee’s 2018 inquiry in relation to the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018. The effect of the Bill is to further expand the powers of … Read More >>
ALHR made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding concerns with the provisions of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2019. Our submission reiterates the concerns raised in ALHR’s 2016 submission to the Committee’s inquiry in relation to the Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2016. ALHR strongly opposes the fresh attempt … Read More >>
In a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding the Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 (August 2019), ALHR again expressed its strong opposition to any measures to either repeal or reduce the scope of the Medevac legislation, including via the Bill. The Medevac legislation seeks to ensure that people who are currently … Read More >>
In July 2019 ALHR made a submission to the QLD Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee in relation to the Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 (the Bill), which proposes to amend the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld), the Bail Act 1980 (Qld), and the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld). The Bill was … Read More >>
South Australia Australia’s leading association of human rights lawyers has welcomed a current South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) review of laws relating to the termination of pregnancy. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) President Kerry Weste says, “New South Wales and South Australia are the only remaining states where women face the prospect of … Read More >>
ALHR made a submission to Queensland Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee on the Human Rights Bill 2018. ALHR welcomes the timely introduction of the Bill and strongly supports this landmark reform. A Queensland Human Rights Act will not only ensure that fundamental human rights of Queenslanders are protected and valued, but it will also assist … Read More >>
ALHR has made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on Legislative exemptions that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against students, teachers and staff On 13 November 2018, the Senate referred the following matter to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 26 November 2018: Legislative exemptions … Read More >>
ALHR has provided input to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on applying a gender lens to the Working Group’s Report on the Gender Lens to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Women … Read More >>
ALHR is a proud contributor to the Child Rights Taskforce NGO coalition report (The Children’s Report) to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The report was submitted to the UNCRC and formally launched by UNICEF at the National Press Club in Canberra on 1st November 2018. Sadly, the Children’s Report … Read More >>
