David Marr to speak at ALHR and Aussies Against Capital Punishment fundraising dinner
See attached press release.
Diplomacy Training Program Call for Applications Overseas
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 >>
Gillard the Myth Maker
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.
Disability discrimination will persist in Australian migration decisions
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 Concluding Observations of the CESCR Committee on Australia’s periodic report
ALHR comment on the implementation of the CESCR committee’s concluding observations on Australia’s periodic report under ICESCR.
Human Rights Framework – ALHR submission to Scrutiny of Bills Committee
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 >>
Prime Minister’s Curate’s Egg Requires Close Scrutiny
A corrective to Prime Minister Gillard’s policy on asylum seekers.
Human Rights Framework – ALHR Submission on Inquiry into the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010
Press Release about ALHR submission to Senate Scrutiny of Bills Commmittee on Inquiry into the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010.
The right to health in Australia should be equal
Stephen Keim and Catherine McGree “The Right to Health in Australia should be Equal” published in Brisbane Legal. Discusses the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, on his visit to Australia. The report was released on 3 June 2010.
Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal peoples in NSW
Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal peoples in NSW Australian Lawyers for Human Rights congratulates the NSW Government for formally recognising the State’s first people in the NSW Constitution. The ALHR also congratulates all those involved in making this important change to the Constitution including the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. ?It represents a significant advance to the … Read More >>
ALHR UK Submission to the National Human Rights Consultation
This submission is made by a group of legal practitioners and scholars working on issues of international law and human rights. It derives from a roundtable discussion jointly organized by the International Section of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law held in London on 1 May 2009. The … Read More >>
Fiji Trial of Imrana Jalal and Her Husband
Glenn Ferguson President Law Council of Australia 19 Torrens Street Braddon ACT 2612 mail@lawcouncil.asn.au Dear Glenn, Trial of Imrana Jalal and her husband in Fiji I have been, for my sins, recently elected President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR). In that position, I have been forwarded a statement from Imrana Jalal requesting that … Read More >>