Submission: Call for clear guidelines for Amicus Curiae
In November 2006, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Blake Dawson Waldron made a joint submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission Civil Justice Review, entitled ‘Why are Non-Parties Non-Starters? A Call for Clearer Procedures and Guidelines for Amicus Curiae Applications in Victoria’. The submission sets out:
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the distinction between amici curiae, interveners and other non-parties;
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the benefits of and potential disadvantages associated with amici curiae participating in proceedings;
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the current law in Australia and position in Victoria with respect to amicus curiae applications;
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problems with the current position in Victoria with respect to amicus curiae applications; and
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recommendations for reform.
The submission focuses on the rules and procedures for amicus curiae applications brought by public interest organisations (an area in which the HRLRC and BDW have had recent experience). However, many of the recommendations contained in the submission are also relevant to interveners.
Submission to 2025-26 Federal Budget consultation
The Human Rights Law Centre has put forward recommendations to the 2025-26 federal budget submissions across a range of issues, including campaigning for an Australian Human Rights Act, migration justice, prisoners’ rights, whistleblower protection and modern slavery.
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Submission to Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 review
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and warned that these powers enable the AFP and ACIC to undertake significant invasions of privacy, encroach on the right to privacy, and threaten to have a chilling effect on the work of journalists and their sources.
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Submission to Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities
In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into antisemitism on Australian university campuses, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for reforms that uphold Australia's commitment to international human rights standards, fostering a society that respects equality, freedom, and justice for all.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Human Rights Law Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Cammeraygal, Darug, Wadawurrung, Turrbal and Jagera people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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