The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Chris Bowen, announced a government decision that families and unaccompanied children asylum seekers would be placed in the community, a decision to be implemented over the next nine months. ALHR wrote to congratulate the Minister and urge further and more far reaching reforms.
The National Committee of ALHR resolved to place on paper the principles which guide it in its advocacy in support of human rights at the international level. Although not meant to be exhaustive, this draft document discussed by the national Committee at its September meeting lays down the strong reasons why ALHR should be heard … Read More >>
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Chris Bowen, announced a government decision that families and unaccompanied children asylum seekers would be placed in the community, a decision to be implemented over the next nine months. ALHR wrote to congratulate the Minister and urge further and more far reaching reforms.
In this short account, Stephen Keim relates some recollections of the David Marr dinner in Brisbane on 8 October 2010 to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty.
On 8 October 2010, David Marr delivered a speech to a dinner organised by ALHR and Aussies Against Capital Punishment. The speech sets out Australia’s legal and political approach to the death penalty from early colonisation to the present. David quotes some unsettling statistics and statements by present-day Australian political leaders which suggest that the … Read More >>
See attached press release.
See attached press release.
The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) is calling for applications for its 20th Annual Human Rights and Peoples’ Diplomacy Training Program for Human Rights Defenders from the Asia-Pacific Region and Indigenous Australia. The program will mark the 20th Year of DTP’s flagship annual training, the longest established human rights capacity building program in the region. The … Read More >>
Stephen Keim and Eve Lester, “Gillard the Myth Maker” article published in the Canberra Times about Prime Minister Gillard’s proposal for a regional asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor, delivered in a speech to the Lowy Institute on 6 July 2010.
ALHR response to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s Report on its Inquiry into Migration Treatment of Disability, tabled 21 June 2010 report recommendations on the “health requirement” for visa applicants. ALHR made a submission to this inquiry on 19 July 2010.
ALHR comment on the implementation of the CESCR committee’s concluding observations on Australia’s periodic report under ICESCR.
ALHR submission to the Senate Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills ‘Inquiry into the future direction and role of the Committee’. This submission addresses the issue of the Committee’s role in the light of the present government’s proposals to establish a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights as part of its Australia’s Human Rights … Read More >>
