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Urgent call for seriously ill Nauru children to be transferred

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The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling on the Federal Government to urgently transfer any seriously unwell asylum seeker children – and their families – from Nauru to Australia.

The Commission notes several recent cases where the Federal Court of Australia has consistently found the health care services currently available on Nauru did not meet the needs of children with complex physical and mental health conditions.

Research by Government Reform Bodies involving Vulnerable People and Populations

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Ethics Training Day: Dealing with Vulnerability

Princeton Room, Bond University, 14 University Drive, Robina, Qld
 

 

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Introduction


I represent an organisation that works extensively with people who can be part of “vulnerable populations”. My background is as a human rights lawyer. While human rights and human ethics are not the same thing, there are some important cross-overs in how we work.

Information concerning Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (2017)

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This submission provides information concerning the civil and political rights of key population groups in Australia and other thematic issues engaging civil and political rights. In relation to each section, the Commission has referred to the relevant articles of the ICCPR engaged and (where appropriate) the relevant paragraph of the Committee’s list of issues prior to reporting dated 9 November 2012.

This submission provides information concerning the civil and political rights of key population groups in Australia and other thematic issues engaging civil and political rights. In relation to each section, the Commission has referred to the relevant articles of the ICCPR engaged and (where appropriate) the relevant paragraph of the Committee’s list of issues prior to reporting dated 9 November 2012.

Information concerning Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2017)

Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission to the UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
 

 

HRTC highlights newsletter - Jan 2017

Working internationally to advance human rights

 

 

List of Issues: Submission to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016)

 

Information for List of Issues – Australia

29 August 2016

 

Hotung Fellowship Public Lecture 2016

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Human rights across the Tasman: a widening gulf. I am honoured to have been invited to give this lecture at the Law School of the University of Canterbury, funded by the generosity of the Sir Eric Hotung Fellowship. 

HRTC highlights newsletter - April 2016

Working internationally to advance human rights

 

 

Australia’s Second Universal Periodic Review

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Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission under the Universal Periodic Review

Australia’s Universal Periodic Review 2014 Progress Report

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This 2014 UPR Progress Report is the fourth in a series of annual reports developed in the lead up to Australia’s Second Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.