Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s bombing of civilians in Yemen
ALHR letter to Foreign Minister Payne re: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s bombing of civilians in Yemen
ALHR welcomes the early closure of Real Bodies: The Exhibition but warns about other exhibitions permitted to operate in Australia
Australia’s leading human rights lawyers welcome the early closure of Real Bodies – The Exhibition (Exhibition). The Exhibition was initially due to close end of October 2018, however, is now closing on 16 September 2018. There has been mounting pressure placed on the NSW Government by human rights lawyers, medical professionals, academics and civil society … Read More >>
Four years since the Horvath decision: Its time for parliament to act
Four years ago, human rights, legal and social justice organisations called upon the Victorian Government to respond decisively to the United Nations decision on the case of Corinna Horvath (pictured) , a young woman who was allegedly bashed by a policeman in her home more than 20 years ago. Since that letter there has been … Read More >>
Leading Human Rights Lawyers Call on Morrison Government to Urgently Address the Shocking Statistics on Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Guardian Australia’s ‘Deaths Inside’ project has reported that at least 407 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody since the conclusion of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC). 147 of those deaths occurred in the past decade, and 43 of that number were young Indigenous people born after … Read More >>
Open letter to the NSW Premier calling for immediate investigation into Real Bodies – The Exhibition
Leading human rights lawyers, medical professionals, academics and civil society organisations have written an open letter urgently calling on the NSW Government for an immediate investigation into Real Bodies – The Exhibition (Exhibition) currently showing at the Entertainment Quarter in Sydney until October 2018. The Exhibition is a for-profit business and involves a display … Read More >>
Grab your ticket to the ALHR & NJP Human Rights Dinner
Join Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and the National Justice Project for dinner in support of our work to protect and promote human rights in Australia. We are honoured to host an evening in conversation with our special guests: Tony McAvoy SC: Leading native title barrister and the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed Senior Counsel, Mr McAvoy … Read More >>
Human rights lawyers call out lack of action to address homelessness in Australia
State, Territory and Federal governments must make urgent changes to end homelessness. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has described current levels of homelessness as a significant human rights failure which should be at the forefront of the minds of all parliamentarians during Homelessness Week. In keeping with this year’s theme of “Ending Homelessness … Read More >>
ALHR congratulates Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM on appointment as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
ALHR has written to Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM to congratulate her on her appointment as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. We very much look forward to working with the new President to stand up for human rights and the rule of law.
Human rights lawyers condemn jailing of transgender women in male prisons
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is alarmed by reports on ABC News that a transgender woman was jailed and sent to Hobart’s Risdon Prison only then to be allegedly raped by other prisoners. The woman, Marjorie Harwood, has since died from kidney disease. ALHR LGBTI Subcommittee Co-Chair, Georgia Burke said: “The Tasmanian Prison Service … Read More >>
Caution urged over Bill to make it easier to call military out onto Australian streets
Human rights lawyers have raised concerns about proposed amendments to the Defence Act which will make it easier for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to be called out onto Australian streets and increase the ADF’s powers when responding to such a call out. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (Committee) is currently considering the … Read More >>
Submission on the Defence Amendment (Call out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018
ALHR has made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (Committee) on the Defence Amendment (Call out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018. The Bill will amend Part IIIAAA of the Defence Act 1903 and follows the inquest into the Lindt Café Siege, which found that existing arrangements for ADF call … Read More >>
ALHR Concerned by Victorian mandatory sentencing measures
ALHR has written to the Victorian Attorney-General to express its concern at the Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 2018 which will elevate injury offences against on-duty emergency workers, custodial officers and youth justice custodial workers (exposed workers) to Category 1 offences that are subject to a mandatory minimum custodial sentence or other custodial order, and to narrow … Read More >>