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UN urges Australia to stop our client’s deportation to Nauru
The Albanese Government wants to banish people to Nauru, where they might be killed or face violence, for the rest of their lives – including our client, who is a 65-year-old refugee from Iraq.
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Legal action filed against Kmart
Along with Maurice Blackburn we’re representing the Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association to take legal action compelling Kmart to come clean about whether its suppliers are connected to Uyghur forced labour.
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Human Rights Law Centre equitable briefing data for FY2024-25
The Human Rights Law Centre’s equitable briefing policy guides our selection of counsel in legal matters and sets out our commitment to encouraging equitable briefing practices more broadly.
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Holding Australia to account at the UN
The Human Rights Law Centre is part of global alliance of 11 civil society organisations launching a new messaging guide: Thriving Communities to support communities and advocates in calling for stronger corporate accountability laws in every region.
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New messaging guide on corporate accountability and calls for stronger responsible business laws worldwide
The Human Rights Law Centre is part of global alliance of 11 civil society organisations launching a new messaging guide: Thriving Communities to support communities and advocates in calling for stronger corporate accountability laws in every region.
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We stand with Kumanjayi Walker’s family and Yuendumu
This week the Coroner delivered her findings into Kumanjayi’s death, saying that Kumanjayi Walker’s death was “entirely avoidable”
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ADF whistleblower breaks 15-year silence on sexual abuse cover-up
Former RAAF airwoman Julia Delaforce represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, has broken her fifteen year silence on alleged wrongdoing and sexual abuse which was covered up by the Australian Defence Force.
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What issue unites Coalition, Labor, Green, teal and One Nation voters? Whistleblower protections
The Albanese Government’s persecution of whistleblowers Richard Boyle and David McBride is unjust, and the public doesn’t support it. It’s time for much-needed reform.
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We’re fighting Tasmania’s parole board gag on free speech
We have filed legal proceedings on behalf of Tasmanian grandmother, Susan Neill-Fraser. Her case challenges a restrictive parole condition placed on her by the Parole Board of Tasmania which limits her ability to speak to the media.
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Universities must stop restricting protests and surveilling staff and students
The Human Rights Law Centre is urging the University of Melbourne to abandon new policy changes that severely restrict protest rights and allow widespread surveillance of students and staff through the universities’ wifi network.
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Australia’s racist youth justice policies taken to the UN
The Human Rights Law Centre has supported Associate Professor Hannah McGlade to submit an urgent action complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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Our right to vote is fundamental to our democracy
The Human Rights Law Centre’s submission to the Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters inquiry into the 2022 federal election emphasised the need to fund upgrades to voting infrastructure to ensure full accessibility in line with universal design principles.
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