When it comes to rebuilding Afghanistan Save the Children’s Rebecca Barber urges the benchmark to be set higher than merely denying a safe haven for terrorists.
Read MoreIt's time for Australia to take a principled and proactive stand on human rights in Asia and the Pacific, writes the HRLC's Tom Clarke. Starting with West Papua. Today.
Read MoreSecretary General of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, reflects on his recent fact finding mission and argues Australia needs to improve its own act if its voice in the region is to be heard with the clarity that it deserves
Read MoreGiven Victoria Police use force, on average, every 2.5 hours, it seems they might have achieved their monthly quota in the space of a Friday morning. An alarming statistic when one considers that the spike was due, not to a surge in knife crime or even petty theft, but a gathering of people seeking to exercise political freedoms protected under the law. Whatever one’s views on the Occupy Melbourne protesters and their aims, the decisions and actions taken by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and the Victoria Police to forcibly evict peaceful demonstrators from City Square raise a number of serious questions about infringement of fundamental civil and political rights and the excessive use of force by Victoria Police.
Read MoreGiven Victoria Police use force, on average, every 2.5 hours, it seems they might have achieved their monthly quota in the space of last Friday morning. An alarming statistic when one considers that the spike was due not to a surge in knife crime or even petty theft, but a gathering of people seeking to exercise political freedoms protected under the law.
Read MoreDLA Piper’s Nicolas Patrick looks at the pressures on pro bono lawyering in the wake of global trends of decreased public legal funding.
Read MoreWill Victoria further strengthen our fundamental rights and freedoms or become the first state in the modern democratic world to wind back or weaken them? Asks the HRLC’s Ben Schokman
Read MoreKevin Rudd, or @kruddmp to his online followers, likes to tweet. I strongly support his use of Twitter – social media is an important new tool in the world of digital diplomacy – but I was struck by one message from the Foreign Minister on 4 July. It read ‘4 corners tonight on Sri Lanka deeply disturbing. UN Human Rights Council can't simply push this to one side. Action needed. KRudd’.
Read MoreAmidst mounting international pressure over Australia’s human rights record, the HRLC’s Phil Lynch and Ben Schokman examine the recent commitments made by the Government at the UN.
Read MoreChair of the Australian Human Rights Group, Susan Ryan, highlights the pressing need to engage in efforts to improve human rights protections.
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