DAY 3 – PART 2 – AMNESTY LUNCH PANEL ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES I bumped into President Gillian Triggs at the lunch set up outside Room XXII where the event as to be held. We had a great catch up about the engagement the AHRC had had from about 55 diplomatic missions who were seriously concerned … Read More >>
DAY 3 – PART 1: AN ASTUTE AUSTRIAN MORNING Woke up in the dark at 5:45am and had a quick breakfast with my host family who were off skiing for the day. It was a brisk morning so I joined the chill with a quick hop, step and jump along the glorious morning lake charmer … Read More >>
The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival is excited to present an exclusive, preview screening of Joshua Oppenheimer’s award-winning, must-see documentary The Look of Silence at Cinema Nova on Wednesday, 25 November at 7pm. The film screening will raise funds towards HRAFF’s 2016 festival. For more information click here. We’d love your help promoting the fundraiser screening of this … Read More >>
The Indigenous Law Centre, together with the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, are pleased to announce an exciting panel event and book discussion on the topic of Native Title and Indigenous Empowerment. The panel will include Jason Behrendt, one of Australia’s leading native title and land rights lawyers, and Dr Valerie Cooms, whose … Read More >>
To commemorate the beginning of the CLC movement, we are hosting events over two days. These include: – An evening cocktail party on Thursday 19 November (after the one-day quarterlies).… – The CLC NSW 40-year oration in the morning of Friday 20 November. – The CLC talent show in the afternoon of Friday 20 November. For more information … Read More >>
DAY 2: DUBAI – GENEVA During the flight to Geneva I got thinking and wrote the reflections below (in the next post) on the Australian Government’s Report for its Second Universal Periodic Review in the hope to stimulate some discussion on this blog. Flying in over Lake Geneva, the Swiss Alps featuring the magnificence of … Read More >>
DAY 1: Sat 7 Nov 2015 – BRISBANE TO DUBAI Okay. Human writes human rights. Bag packed. Passport. Didn’t miss plane. Sure I turned the iron off…well it turns itself off anyways…:-) Excited to be off on a last minute mission to Geneva for Australia’s Second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights … Read More >>
ALHR and the Australian Human Rights Commission invite you to join us for a special FREE event to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. We are delighted to host Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO who will reflect on the rights of people with disabilities on the international stage and in … Read More >>
ALHR NSW held an expert panel discussion: “Risky Business: A consideration of human rights risk in the supply chain and how to manage it” before a sell out crowd on Thursday at Ashurst. Our esteemed panelists included Brynn O’Brien from the Attorney General’s Working Group on Slavery in Supply Chains and the UTS Sustainable Supply Networks Initiative, Gershon … Read More >>
A group of organisations that assist and speak on behalf of the most disadvantaged Australians have written an open letter to Government calling for the introduction of legislation to protect victims of domestic violence from being directly cross-examined by their abuser in family law proceedings. Victims of domestic violence are more likely to agree to a … Read More >>
Minoli Perera a Master of Laws student at La Trobe University writes: The Australian government’s policy of mandatory detention for boat-arriving asylum seekers has been characterised by commentators as a human rights violation. Under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) there is no time limit on detention and as a consequence asylum seekers are often detained for … Read More >>
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