THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT ALHR invites you to join us for an expert panel discussion seeking to examine the case for a royal commission to investigate the practices of successive Australian Governments in relation to the mandatory and prolonged detention of asylum seekers. We are delighted to host our highly esteemed panelists: Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian … Read More >>
ALHR is strongly opposed to this Bill and recommends that it be rejected in its entirety. The Bill gives private security officers the power to use force against people, including children, in immigration detention facilities that is greater than the force allowed in analogous State and Territory prison legislation. ALHR notes that most people in … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) are appalled by the decision of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection to refuse mother Maria Sevilla a skilled working visa for her and her son Tyrone to stay in Australia. Ms Sevilla appealed that decision to the Migration Review Tribunal which has rejected the application, resulting in … Read More >>
Australian Human Rights Commission Report Reveals Policy of Child Abuse The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) today released its report, The Forgotten Children, providing a comprehensive overview of the degrading conditions in which children seeking asylum are forced to live as a result of current Australian law and policy. The report is the culmination of … Read More >>
The UN Committee against Torture has found Australia’s policy of intercepting and turning back boats is done without consideration of the country’s obligations under article 3 of the UN Convention against Torture. The Committee said the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 puts Australia at grave risk of … Read More >>
UPDATE: The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection has responded. The letter is accessible below. ORIGINAL POST: ALHR supports UNICEF’s call for an independent & systematic monitor for immigration detention.
In a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 (attached below), ALHR has found aspects of the Bill incompatible with Australia’s international human rights obligations. ALHR recommends that the Bill not be passed. At a time when, more than ever, people require the protection … Read More >>
Date: Tuesday, 21 October 2014 Time: 3pm – 7pm (registration from 2.45pm) Venue: Staff Common Room, Level 2, UNSW Law RSVP: Essential, click here Please RSVP by 13 Oct 2014. The Symposium will provide a unique opportunity for policymakers, researchers, advocates and industry stakeholders in Australia to engage with the Asia Pacific region’s … Read More >>
See submission, attached.
See submission, attached.
Stephen Keim SC, President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR), today called on the Australian Government to abandon its proposed amendments to the Migration Act. ‘These proposed amendments put Australia on an unprecedented collision course with its Convention obligations,’ he said. ‘While there are a number of elements of Australia’s refugee policy in recent … Read More >>
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Chris Bowen, announced a government decision that families and unaccompanied children asylum seekers would be placed in the community, a decision to be implemented over the next nine months. ALHR wrote to congratulate the Minister and urge further and more far reaching reforms.
