Submission on the Human Rights (Healthy Environment) Amendment Bill 2023 (ACT)

In a submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety’s inquiry into the proposed new law, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for: 
 

  • proactive engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT; 

  • the right to a healthy environment to by fully enforceable through the courts so that people can access justice if the right is breached; and 

  • all aspects of the right to a healthy environment to be immediately applicable to decision-makers. 

Read the Submission on the Human Rights (Healthy Environment) Amendment Bill 2023 (ACT)

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