Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) renews its call for a Commonwealth Human Rights Act amid fears the Australian Government is once more abandoning vital principles that form the bedrock of our criminal justice system in knee-jerk anti-terror proposals – this time involving extended incarceration without charge, a database of biometric facial recognition of all … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) supports those submissions to the NSW Parliamentary Committee on Children and Young People’s current Inquiry into the prevention of youth suicide which call for improvements to the care of LGBTI students and for improvements to school anti-bullying and teaching programmes. “It is extremely disturbing,” say LGBTI Committee Co-Chairs Nicholas … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is extremely saddened by the recent death of a man on Manus Island. Scott Cosgriff, co-chair of ALHR’s Refugee Rights Subcommittee said, “This is the ninth death since offshore processing began in August 2012 and the second on Manus in only the last two months.” “This tragedy, like those … Read More >>
ALHR would like to share with you some human rights-based responses to some of the main arguments being put forward by the ‘no’ campaign. It is not true that: ‘LGBTI couples already have the same legal rights as married couples in Australia’ Check out the following resources for an explanation of some of … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is pleased to announce the success of its event, ‘Human Rights in Western Australia – An ALHR Panel Discussion’, held in Perth on the evening of Thursday 14 September 2017. ALHR was joined by esteemed panellists Chris Evans, CEO of Walk Free Foundation, Catherine Eagle, Principal Solicitor of Welfare … Read More >>
What to do if you have not received your marriage equality voting form? It’s not too late! Please share with your family and friends so that everyone can be a voter. Here’s what you can do if: · You have not received your form · You have lost your form · Your form has been damaged … Read More >>
ALHR is proud to be amongst a coalition of non-government organisations (NGOs) from across Australia who have contributed to this report to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (the Committee). The report examines Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The report is intended to inform the Committee’s sixth review … Read More >>
Please join ALHR and our esteemed panelists for an inspiring and informative evening of discussion on the human right to housing. Every person is entitled to adequate access to a safe and secure place to live. This is enshrined in international human rights law yet in Australia we are seeing the number of people who find … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has joined a number of prominent international non-governmental organisations in calling on the Supreme Court of the Maldives to rescind the indefinite suspension of 56 lawyers who signed a joint petition raising concerns over the conduct of the judiciary and calling for judicial reforms and independence. Following receipt of … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) has welcomed the opportunity to make a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism. The Inquiry is seeking to examine whether Australia’s federal criminal laws should extend to conduct that occurs overseas, and whether Australia … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) commends the ACT Government for becoming the first Australian state or territory to gazette Reconciliation Day as a public holiday. The inaugural holiday will be held on 28 May 2018 at the start of National Reconciliation Week and will replace Family and Community Day in the Territory. ALHR ACT … Read More >>
On August 18, 2017 ALHR’s Business & Human Rights Subcommittee made a submission to the Treasury’s independent Review of the OECD Australian National Contact Point (ANCP), which currently sits within Treasury. The ANCP was established in 2001 under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (the Guidelines). It is one of the most important mechanisms available in … Read More >>
