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 welcomed the announcement today by the Attorney-General, Robert McLelland MP, of a national human rights consultation.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
ALHR, together with a number of other organisations, has released a package of initiatives which should be implemented by the Australian Government on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights made a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in relation to the Inquiry into Whistle-blowing Protection in the Australian Public Sector. Click here to view the submission
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights today made a submission to the Inquiry into Immigration Detention by the Joint Standing Committee on Migration. ALHR made various recommendations as to the treatment of asylum seekers as well as amendments needed to the Migration Act. Click here to view the submission (APH site)
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights today made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties recommending the urgent implementation of the UN Disability Convention. Click here to view the submission
