Calling all lawyers, barristers, migration agents & law students in Melbourne, we’ve a crisis on our hands. 30,000 people seeking asylum who came by boat in need of help 98% of legal funding cut by the Australian Gov. 80% with no one to help them. A new unfair legal system 24,000 in limbo since August … Read More >>
ALHR lends its voice to a coalition of Australian NGOs calling on the Australian Government for a National Action Plan on business and human rights.
Phil Robertson oversees the work of Human Rights Watch throughout Asia, especially in southeast Asia, North Korea and Japan. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 2009, Phil worked for more than a decade in southeast Asia on human rights, labour rights, protection of migrant workers, and counter-human trafficking efforts with a variety of non-governmental organisations, international and … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) welcomes South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill’s personal guarantee that David Bulmer-Rizzer’s death certificate will be issued with his correct marriage status and that South Australia will introduce legislation to recognise overseas same-sex marriages. Nathan Kennedy, President of ALHR said “ALHR strongly supports Premier Weatherill’s move to introduce legislation consistent … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) hosts Anna Burke MP (Labor) and Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens) as they discuss their parties’ refugee policies and plans. Joining them in discussion will be legal community stakeholders and experts in refugee law: Julian Burnside AO QC (Vic Bar), David Manne (Refugee Legal) and Dr Savitri Taylor (La Trobe University).Together, this distinguished panel of speakers will answer questions … Read More >>
Amy Sinclair, Chair of ALHR’s Business and Human Rights Sub-Committee, has written for the Guardian on migrant labour abuse and the importance of developing a National Action Plan to ensure that Australian businesses respect human rights. To read the full article click here.
ALHR has congratulated Qld Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath for taking a wise step in the rights direction by launching a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into a Human Rights Charter for Queensland. ALHR has been instrumental in the push for the inquiry since independent MP and Speaker Peter Wellington proposed it as part of his conditions for … Read More >>
The Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) condemns the mistreatment of Indigenous Aus- tralians held in detention and calls for a national bipartisan approach to address the levels of Indige- nous incarceration. “The idea that citizens can be held in custody for unpaid fines is Dickensian and shows systemic inequalities in the justice system” said … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) welcomes the report delivered by the Senate Community Affairs References Committee into Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including the gender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, and culturally and linguistically diverse … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is helping lead the hussle on the international playing field of human rights next Monday as Australia appears for its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. ALHR National Committee member Benedict Coyne will be attending the hearing from 3:00pm – 6:00pm in … Read More >>
The Human Rights, International Law and Public Law and Government Committees with the support of the Rule of Law Institute of Australia invite you to a very special event to commemorate the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta and International Human Rights Day ‘From Magna Carta to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 2015 and Beyond’ … Read More >>
Day 5: International Franciscans, Edmund Rice International and CEDAW I spent the morning at attending an excellent course hosted by Edmund Rice International and the Franciscans International. The director of Edmund Rice International, Brian Bond, and Qld ERI delegates Jim Darcy and Anita Hendrie were gracious enough to host me. The course was … Read More >>
