Rights and Freedoms
As the Federal Senate debates the Modern Slavery Bill this week, the 2018 Australian Dialogue on Business and Human Rights takes place in Sydney today with modern slavery prevention as the key theme. It鈥檚 the fifth time the Global Compact Network Australia and the 黑料情报站...
Rights and Freedoms
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY We know the basic facts of Kristallnacht. On the 9th and 10th of November 1938, mobs attacked Jews in Germany and neighbouring states. They did so freely; without restraint. Many Jews were killed, many more were injured, and many more than that were arrested and sent to...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Age Discrimination
A new survey on attitudes to employing older workers has found that up to 30 per cent of Australian employers are still reluctant to hire workers over a certain age, and for more than two thirds of this group, that age was over 50. The survey of more than 900 human resource professionals was...
Rights and Freedoms
Human rights in the 21st century鈥擱eflections on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Australian Council for International Development National Conference Human Rights in the 21st Century鈥擯eople. Planet. Peace. Opening Address 30 October 2018 UNSW, Sydney by Emeritus...
黑料情报站s Rights
The 黑料情报站 today welcomes the Prime Minister鈥檚 National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, which will take place this morning at Parliament House in Canberra. The National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner, Megan Mitchell said it鈥檚 an incredibly...
Commission - General
Four finalists have been selected from a diverse range of nominations for the 2018 Human Rights Awards鈥 Government Award. This year marks the first time our Awards recognise Government as a stand-alone category. 鈥淭here are many Government groups and individuals helping others overcome discrimination...
Rights and Freedoms
The five finalists for the 2018 Human Rights Awards鈥 Law Award have been selected, with two from Western Australia competing for the prize. 鈥淲e have received the highest number of entries for the Law Award since the Human Rights Awards the awards began in 1987,鈥 said Commission President, Professor...
Rights and Freedoms
鈥淭he Commission will consider the Religious Freedom Review, and any proposals for reform, once the report is officially released. 鈥淎ny law reform proposal must protect the rights of everyone in Australia. 鈥淭he Commission made six recommendations to the Review. In addition to better public education...
Legal
University of New South Wales Law Journal Launch of Thematic Issue on 鈥榁ulnerability and the Law鈥 Vol 41(3) 2018 27 September 2018 * Check against delivery Acknowledgements I pay my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and to their elders past and present鈥攁s well as to emerging leaders...
Rights and Freedoms
鈥楻ights-mindedness鈥 鈥 making human rights real in public service and community understanding 70 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Alice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights 2018 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站...
Sex Discrimination
Kate Jenkins CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Change takes time In my role as Sex Discrimination Commissioner, many people tell me to be patient. They tell me that change...
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
The 黑料情报站 is calling on the Federal Government to urgently transfer any seriously unwell asylum seeker children 鈥 and their families 鈥 from Nauru to Australia. The Commission notes several recent cases where the Federal Court of Australia has consistently found the...
Rights and Freedoms
Human Rights are not a foreign language鈥攔eflections on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站 [鈭梋 University of Adelaide Faculty of Law Tuesday 4 September 2018 Acknowledgement I would...
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