ALHR’s Dr Tamsin Clarke, Chair of our Freedoms and Human Rights Act Subcommittees, attended a meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on racism and xenophobia, Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, at the Australian Human Rights Commission in Sydney last week. At the meeting ALHR made detailed oral submissions in relation to multiple concerns regarding racism and … Read More >>
On Monday 22 August 2016, Chair of ALHR’s Women and Girls’ Rights Subcommittee, Claire Hammerton, presented a human rights based seminar on violence against women to students at the La Trobe Law School. The La Trobe Law and Justice Blog has written about Claire’s visit: Violence against women: The Scale of The Problem Claire’s presentation, entitled Violence Against Women: An … Read More >>
Idil Mohamud and Sophie Hantz are students of the La Trobe Law School, undertaking an internship with Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and are currently compiling a brief of evidence for ALHR’s Women and Girls’ Rights Subcommittee for a possible CEDAW complaint on behalf of the asylum seeker and refugee women in Nauru. Idil and Sophie have written a blog … Read More >>
On March 2, 2016 the Government released the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) Final Report on ‘Traditional Rights and Freedoms – Encroachments by Commonwealth Laws’. To access the full report click here.
Meredith Jones, a La Trobe University Bachelor of Law Student writes: Australia’s policies of pushing back boats risk repeating this history. The end of World War II saw the largest population upheaval in European history. Millions of Jewish and other minorities fled Europe or were expelled. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of the suffering. … Read More >>
Brynn O’Brien, a consultant on the human rights responsibilities of businesses, is on the federal government’s Supply Chains Working Group and an ALHR member. She spoke with Michael Williams on Radio National about the transparency of supply chains in food, clothing and other products. Listen here.
The UPR Coordinating Committee (HRLC, NACLC and KLC) has provided an update on its work leading up to Australia’s Universal Periodic Review in November including fact sheets on key human rights issues in Australia. ————————————– Since lodging our Joint NGO Submission in March, we’ve been working with the UPR NGO Advisory Committee to prepare UPR Fact … Read More >>
Where there is life there is hope… ALHR strongly opposes the death penalty and calls on all other members of ALHR to sign the petition at Mercycampaign.org. Want to do more? Check out Amnesty International’s online campaign at http://www.amnesty.org.au Additional information: Nine men are currently awaiting imminent execution in Indonesia. President Joko Widodo rejected the clemency … Read More >>
Remedy Australia is Australia’s newest human rights NGO, launched on the 20th anniversary of 1994’s landmark Toonen v Australia case. Remedy Australia is a supporter-based organisation with a mandate to get Australia to comply with UN decisions on human rights complaints, both past and future. Australia is obliged to remedy individual violations and ensure they never happen again. … Read More >>
