ALHR wrote to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor regarding the review of Australia?s terrorism financing legislation and the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004. ALHR requests the INSLM’s report to the Prime Minister: (a) reinforce the central importance of human rights in designing and implementing measures to counter terrorism; (b) explain … Read More >>
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.
See submission, attached.
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.
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 >>
