Equality: Discrimination against Same-Sex Couples
In June 2006, the HRLRC made a submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s inquiry into discrimination in access to financial and work-related benefits and entitlements for same-sex couples. The HRLRC submission considered a range of domestic legislation conferring such benefits and entitlements in the light of international human rights jurisprudence, and expressed concern that these and other laws risk placing Australia in breach of its international human rights obligations. The submission focussed particularly on rights to non-discrimination under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (‘ICCPR‘), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘CRC‘), the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention of the International Labor Organisation (‘ILO 111‘), and the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (‘ICESCR‘).
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
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Darug and Wadawurrung people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders, both 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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