In a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, the Human Rights Law Centre emphasised the need for a Federal Charter of Human Rights. Their research details a series of recent case studies in which Australian government actions have breached people’s human rights. The people featured, and many more like them, could have avoided this harm or obtained redress if we had a strong federal Human Rights Charter.

A joint submission by Migrant Justice Institute and the Human Rights Law Centre in relation to these amendments to the Migration Act. This submission relates to the proposed amendments to section 116. Those amendments are intended to form a basis for protections from visa cancellation for exploited migrant workers.

In a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, the campaign, made up of over 90 organisations provided evidence that a Charter will benefit the whole community by preventing human rights violations, providing a powerful tool to challenge injustice, and fostering understanding and respect for human rights.

In a submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) Grant Donaldson SC, the Human Rights Law Centre has recommended a range of reforms to improve the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (NSI Act).

The Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International Australia and Griffith University's Centre for Governance and Public Policy have called on the Albanese Government to swiftly repeal the worst excesses in Australian secrecy laws and strengthen safeguards for whistleblowing and public interest journalism.

The Human Rights Law Centre endorsed this position paper, which was authored by Australian Women’s Health Network (AWHN), Children by Choice, Fair Agenda, MSI Australia and the Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine - Monash University.

The Human Rights Law Centre, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Migrant Workers Centre are calling for Australia’s migration laws to centre the rights of people over punitive politics and economic profit in a joint submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration.

The Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the proposals to strengthen privacy protections in line with international standards and supports stronger protections against invasive targeting, and the introduction of a statutory privacy tort with appropriate safeguards.

While Australia has been an early mover on reform for online safety and digital media, it lags on key aspects of regulating digital platforms. The Human Rights Law Centre has provided a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the influence of international digital platforms, calling for greater transparency and regulation to protect human rights.

The Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023 would have compelled the Australian Government to bring the last 150 people who are still stranded in offshore detention to Australia. The Human Rights Law Centre’s submission recommended that the Bill be passed, and that further legislation be introduced to repeal offshore processing and provide permanent safety to all people previously subjected to it.

Queensland’s public sector whistleblowing laws were once world-leading; they now lag behind other Australian jurisdictions. This submission by Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International and Griffith University into the independent review into the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 (Qld) calls for an urgent overhaul.

In a pre-budget submission, the Albanese Government and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have been urged by the Human Rights Law Centre to improve the upcoming Federal Budget for people across the community by placing human rights at the heart of the budget decisions they will be making.