Declaration of our right to protest
Every person has the right to have their voice heard, no matter the bank balance or political connection. But the right to protest in Australia is under significant and sustained attacks by governments and increasingly, the fossil fuel industry.
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for governments across Australia to better protect protest rights, by releasing the “Declaration of Our Right to Protest”. The Declaration is grounded in human rights law, asserts the fundamental right to protest and offers ten practical steps to safeguard the right from further erosion.
How you can help protect protest rights:
Signatories to the declaration:
350.org Australia
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited
ACTCOSS
ActionAid Australia
Aid/Watch
Amnesty International Australia
Animal Liberation NSW
Animal Liberation Queensland
ARRCC (Australian Religious Response to Climate Change)
Asylum Seekers Centre NSW
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility
Australian Council of Social Service
Australian Democracy Network
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Australian Services Union SA+NT Branch
Be Slavery Free
Chuffed.org
Community Legal Centres NSW
Community Legal WA
Conservation Council of SA
Conservation Council of WA
CounterAct
Disrupt Burrup Hub
Environment Council of Central Queensland
Environment Victoria
Environmental Justice Australia
Flat Out Inc
Friends of the Earth Australia
Grata Fund
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Human Rights Law Centre
Human Rights Watch
knowmore
Liberty Victoria
Mackay Conservation Group
Monash University Climate Justice Clinic
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
Parents for Climate
Peoples Health Movement Australia (PHM OZ)
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Queensland Conservation Council
Queensland Council for Civil Liberties
Rights Advocacy Project
Rights Resource Network SA
SCALES Community Legal Centre
South Australian Abortion Action Coalition
South Australian Council of Social Service
South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance Inc
TasCOSS
The Australia Institute
The Green Institute
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW
Tomorrow Movement
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Victorian Forest Alliance
WA Forest Alliance
WACOSS
Wage Peace
Whitsunday Conservation Council
World Animal Protection