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Review the Commission's submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment.

The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security with respect to its inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019.

27 April 2015 PO Box 6100 Parliament House Australia ACT 2600 By email: regionalprocessingnauru.sen@aph.gov.au Dear Chair, Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru The Commission has held long-standing concerns regarding the transfer to and detention of asylum seekers in Nauru…

1 Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in its Inquiry into the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers, Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2015 (Cth) (Bill) introduced by the Government. 2 Summary The Commission welcomes the opportunity to make a submission about this Bill. Given the limited…

Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 1 Introduction This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s national human rights institution. It outlines a number of issues that the Commission suggests should be considered by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it develops…

Inquiry into Strengthening Multiculturalism Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism 19 May 2017 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Multiculturalism in Australia 5 Government and other official support for multiculturalism 6 Issues facing Australia’s multicultural society 6.1 Racial discrimination and its…

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Surrogacy and human rights 4.1 What is surrogacy? 4.2 Human rights issues in surrogacy arrangements 5 Current regulation of domestic surrogacy in Australia 6 Options for future domestic regulation: increase consistency and certainty domestically 6.1 Previous attempts at national consistency 6.2 Identifying people willing to enter…

Australian Citizenship Legislation (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017 21 July 2017 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendation 4 Additional requirements for people seeking citizenship by conferral 4.1 Four years permanent residency 4.2 English language requirements 4.3 Integration into the Australian community 4.4 …

The Commission urges reform of these citizenship loss provisions, and makes 11 recommendations to ameliorate the significant human rights concerns.

Information concerning Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 18 September 2017 Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Priority areas 3 General information 3.1 Scrutiny of human rights and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (ICCPR article 2; LOI 2 & 4) 3…