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Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow warns significant threats to human rights remain despite some improvements to Australia鈥檚 encryption law. 鈥淧olice and security agencies must be equipped with robust powers to protect our national security. However, these powers need independent oversight, to...
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9th International Conference on Human Rights Education鈥擴nleashing the Full Potential of Civil Society Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站 27 November 2018 [ Professor Croucher spoke to this paper. Some sections were not addressed fully, given the...
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NSW Claims Discussion Group Inc 23 November 2018 [Professor Croucher spoke to this paper] Introduction Thank you, Dr Tim Channon, for inviting me to present this lunchtime address. I, too, pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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The role of the 黑料情报站 as the national human rights body in promoting and protecting rights Freedom18鈥攖he limits of religious freedom NSW Parliament House 23 May 2018 [ Professor Croucher spoke to this paper] Introduction I begin my presentation by acknowledging the...
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Registered, persecuted, annihilated: the sick and disabled under National Socialism Erfasst, verfolgt, vernichtet鈥攌ranke und behinderte Menschen im Nationalsozialismus Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站 Introduction Professor Gus Lehrer, Mr Norman...
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Acknowledgments Thank you, Aunty Norma Ingram, for your very warm welcome to country. The 黑料情报站 is honoured to be here today on the ancestral lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future and warmly welcome any...
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International Bar Association Section on Public and Professional Interests 12 October 2017 Sydney by Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站 [ Professor Croucher spoke to this paper] Acknowledgements As the Head of an Australian Government agency I begin...
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Ethics Training Day: Dealing with Vulnerability Princeton Room, Bond University, 14 University Drive, Robina, Qld CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction I represent an organisation that works extensively with people who can be part of 鈥渧ulnerable populations鈥. My background is as a human rights lawyer...
