End the Hate: Responding to hate speech and violence against the LGBTI community
This report discusses three facets of hate which cause physical, psychological and emotional harm not only to individuals, but to members of the targeted group and other minority communities and damages our community as a whole.
The Human Rights Law Centre calls on the Victorian Government to:
1. Legislation: Introduce a Hate Crimes Act to ensure all people are equally protected from hate crime, hate speech and hate conduct, including LGBTI Victorians.
2. Research and data collection: fund further research and improve data collection methods and policies of all government agencies, including Victoria Police, to ensure accurate information on the prevalence of prejudice motivated conduct is available.
3. Support for victims: Introduce adequately funded independent third party reporting to improve rates of incident reporting, and introduce specialist support programs for victims of LGBTI-related hate crime.
Urgent United Nations complaint about Australia’s youth justice policies
An urgent United Nations complaint has been made about Australia’s discriminatory youth justice systems and how they seriously violate the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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Albanese Government must seize the chance to strengthen human rights
The Human Rights Law Centre calls on all the re-elected Albanese Government to be bold in progressing human rights in this next Parliament, by strengthening our human rights and creating a fairer future for everyone.
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The Right to Housing in Australia
Commissioned by the Human Rights Law Centre and authored by Professor Jessie Hohmann from the UTS Faculty of Law, this new report shows how an Australian Human Rights Act could person should have a safe, secure and healthy place to call home, regardless of their postcode or bank balance.
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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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