The Human Rights Law Centre has launched a website, www.businesshumanrights.org.au, to assist civil society and other stakeholders to participate in the Government’s consultation on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Read MoreAround the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face discrimination, violence and serious threats to basic human rights. LGBTI activists work with governments through various fora to address these issues, including through the Human Rights Council and other multilateral mechanisms. Recently, Latin American countries headed a ground breaking resolution for the first UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Human Rights Council.
Read MoreIt’s so good to see more than 450 human rights supporters filling this room. People who share our vision of an Australia where the fundamental human rights that belong to every one of us are protected and promoted. Seeing this room tonight makes me reflect on Centre’s remarkable journey. It makes me think of the extraordinary things we have achieved.
Read MoreCollectively we’ve got some of the sharpest minds in law, advocacy, and academia here, and so I doubt anything I say tonight is going to be new to you. And yet, it seems to me that in the debate around human rights and national security, we are losing sight of some pretty fundamental issues.
I hope you will bear with me as I walk you through what I think those are.
Read MoreThis article was written for the special 2016 Children Rights Edition of the HRLC Monthly Bulletin, Rights Agenda, developed in collaboration with the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre, King & Wood Mallesons and the Human Rights Law Centre.
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