Media release For immediate release 6 January 2013 New discrimination laws are a good start but must be improved, says Keim ?Australian Lawyers for Human Rights welcome the Federal government?s Exposure Draft Bill which seeks to consolidate existing Commonwealth legislation into one human rights and anti-discrimination Act?, said Stephen Keim, today. Mr. Keim is President … Read More >>
PO Box A147 Sydney South NSW 1235 DX 585 Sydney alhr@alhr.asn.au www.alhr.asn.au Media Release For immediate release: Thursday, 21 December 2012 Excising Australia is Obscene as Well as Ridiculous Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (?ALHR?) today condemned the government?s legislative proposals to excise the Australian mainland from Australia for the purpose of its international obligations … Read More >>
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PO Box A147 Sydney South NSW 1235 DX 585 Sydney alhr@alhr.asn.au www.alhr.asn.au Media release For immediate release: Wednesday 19 December 2012 Bill to Provide Natural Justice for Refugees Needs Overarching Human Rights Safeguards Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (?ALHR?) has called for overarching human rights safeguards to be included in a Bill which is, itself, … Read More >>
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See submission, attached.
MEDIA RELEASE: Wednesday, 5 December 2012 Aboriginal families cannot afford to lose Strong Aboriginal Families, Together ?The Northern Territory Government is taking child rights in the Territory backwards?, said Stephen Keim, President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (?ALHR?). ?It is disappointing that the Government has rejected the recommendations of the ?Growing Them Strong Together … Read More >>
Submission is attached.
26 November 2012 Secretariat Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse PO Box 6555 CANBERRA ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA By email: royalcommissionsecretariat@pmc.gov.au Dear Secretariat, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia 1. On behalf of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR), I provide the following submission in response to the Consultation Paper dated … Read More >>
Submission is attached.
Back in July ALHR President, Stephen Keim SC, wrote to the Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and Foreign Minister Bob Carr to seek assurances that the Australian government is undertaking appropriate advocacy on behalf of the Australian citizen, Julian Assange, whose safety and rights to due process have appeared to be … Read More >>
The Native Title Amendment Bill 2012 proposes a number of amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 but falls short of what is required to remedy significant shortcomings in Australia’s treatment of Indigenous peoples’ rights in relation to their traditional and ancestral lands. This is a particularly important human rights issue given Australia’s commitments under … Read More >>
