The Human Rights Law Resource Centre acts for Stefan Nystrom, Britt Nystrom and Annette Turner
Family Rights: Nystrom v Australia – Individual Communication to UN Human Rights Committee (Apr 2007) Stefan Nystrom was born in 1973 and, until very recently, had lived permanently in Australia since he was 27 days old. He is a Swedish citizen but has no relevant ties to Sweden or any State other than Australia.
The detailed Individual Communication, which was submitted on 4 April 2007, alleges that Mr Nystrom’s detention and deportation were in violation of articles 9, 12(4), 14(7), 17 and 23 of the ICCPR. It seeks compensation and reinstatement of permanent residency.

Joint submission against expansion of the Making Queensland Safer Act 2024
The Human Rights Law Centre and Change the Record have are strongly opposed to the Crisafulli Government's laws that will sentence even more children to adult-length terms of imprisonment. The laws will lock up children for even longer, and harm kids, families, and communities.
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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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