Some lawyers take cheap shots, some even work pro bono
ALHR President writes an editorial in The Canberra Times headed “Some lawyers take cheap shots, some even work pro bono”. Click here to read the article
Congratulations to Professor Mick Dodson, Australian of the Year
Dr Susan Harris Rimmer, President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights today welcomed the announcement of Professor Mick Dodson as 2009 Australian of the Year.
ALHR President speaks to IPS
ALHR President talks to IPS about Australia’s rejection of Bush administration requests to accept a number of detainees currently held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Click here to read article
ALHR President speaks at the ACT Baha’i Centre
ALHR President, Susan Harris Rimmer spoke at the ACT Baha’i Centre under the heading “Mutually Assured Survival: the contemporary normative impact of the UDHR”. The speech was dedicated to members of the Baha’i faith persecuted for defending human rights or seeking to exercise their human rights.
13 November 2008: Launch of “Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia” ACT
ALHR and Scribe are hosting an event to celebrate the publication of “Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia”, which draws together, for the first time, the oral and written testimony from the People’s Inquiry into Detention. ALHR President, Susan Harris Rimmer, will host Jack Waterford AO, Editor-at-large, Canberra Times, who will launch the book, … Read More >>
ALHR welcomes announcement of national human rights consultation
ALHR welcomed the announcement today by the Attorney-General, Robert McLelland MP, of a national human rights consultation.
Book Review of “Human Rights Overboard”
ALHR President, Susan Harris Rimmer, has reviewed “Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia”. Human Rights Overboard is essentially a collection of the oral testimony and written submissions from the People’s Inquiry into Detention, established by the Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work in 2005. The Inquiry was partly in response to … Read More >>
ALHR appears before Whistleblowing Inquiry
ALHR today appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in relation to its Inquiry into Whistleblowing protections within the Australian government public sector.
ALHR Submission to Inquiry into the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws (No. 2)
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights today sent a submission to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding the Inquiry into the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2]. ALHR called for an independent review mechanism to oversee counter-terrorism measures. A copy of ALHR’s letter is available for download.
ALHR endorsed submission to Inquiry into Sex Discrimination Act
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights endorsed a collaborative submission (No. 60) made to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into the Effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act.
ALHR endorsed NGO Submission to UN Human Rights Committee
ALHR endorsed the NGO Submission, prepared by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, the National Association of Community Legal Centres and Kingsford Legal Centre, to the UN Human Rights Committee on Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
ALHR endorsed Letter to PM on national human rights consultation
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights endorsed an open letter to the Prime Minister about a national public consultation on the protection and recognition of human rights protection and the UDHR 60th anniversary.