Update We have received a response from Senator Scullion, attached below is the response. ——————————————————————————————– Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is warning that failure to fund the Custody Notification Service (CNS) successfully operated by Aboriginal Legal Service NSW & ACT for 15 years may ultimately result in a return to Indigenous deaths in police custody in … Read More >>
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ALHR has made a submission in response to the OHCHR’s global consultation initiative on business and human rights (the ‘Accountability and Remedy Project’). The aim of the Accountability and Remedy Project is to gather information on corporate accountability for human rights abuses in different legal jurisdictions. The Accountability and Remedy Project seeks information on corporate … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights strongly endorses the below press release from the Refugee Council of Australia: Refugee Council of Australia July 22nd 2015 Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Shadow Immigration Minister Richard Marles are pandering to the politics of fear by supporting the forced turnbacks of asylum seeker boats, the Refugee Council of Australia … Read More >>
“ALHR believes that Australia should deal with Australian criminals and terrorists in our own courts and not put them beyond the reach of Australian law by terminating their citizenship” says ALHR President Nathan Kennedy about the Federal Government’s proposed amendments to the Australian Citizenship Act. “Nor do we agree with automatic termination of citizenship for … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) strongly supports the Senate Inquiry into the education of students with disabilities. Recent reports of students with disabilities being targeted and improperly treated in schools throughout Australia must be properly examined and the respective bodies be held to account. “Education is fundamental human right and one which must be … Read More >>
“ALHR endorses the concerns expressed in the open letter published today from 40 medical, educational and humanitarian detention centre staff” says President Nathan Kennedy. “The Border Force Act imposes disproportionate and unreasonable penalties upon Australians. It infringes rights to free speech” says Mr Kennedy. “It overrides the ethical obligations of health workers, and even their … Read More >>
Our friends at the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) invite ALHR members to attend an upcoming seminar on representing refugees today. The event will feature a panel discussion on legal sector responses to changes in asylum seeker policy and funding. Details: Wednesday 17 June … Read More >>
ALHR has called on the Commonwealth Attorney-General and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs to take urgent action to secure funding for the Custody Notification Service (CNS) operated by Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW & ACT) Limited (ALS). There have been no deaths in police custody in NSW or the ACT since the phone line began in … Read More >>
Speaker: Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner When: 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Friday 19 June 2015 Where: Moot Court, Adelaide Law School, Ligertwood Building, University of Adelaide RSVP: By Monday 15 June 2015 to sa@alhr.org.au The South Australian Branch of the Australian Lawyers for Human Rights is pleased to invite Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Race Discrimination Commissioner, … Read More >>
ALHR made a submission focusing on the human rights and rule of law implications of Schedule 6 of the Bill which proposes the insertion of new ss 360.3A and 361.5 into the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Criminal Code). The proposed sections would introduce a mandatory minimum five year term of imprisonment for the existing offences … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) calls upon Premier Palaszczuk to initiate a State-wide public discussion on the introduction of a Queensland human rights act as promoted by MP Peter Wellington in his conditions for the formation of the current Queensland government. “A human rights act is vital for democracy in Queensland and crucial … Read More >>
