Key Submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation

Over the last month, there have been a number of high quality submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation calling for the enactment of a comprehensive Human Rights Act. These submissions include:

• Amnesty International Australia;

• Anglican Church of Australia, General Synod;

• Australian Centre for Human Rights Education at RMIT;

• Australian Human Rights Commission at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/legal/submissions/2009/200906_NHRC.html;

• Australian Lawyers Alliance;

• Australian Lawyers for Human Rights;

• Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, International Section;

• Australian Network of Environment Defenders Officers;

• Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic);

• Human Rights Council of Australia;

• Law Institute of Victoria;

• Law Society of New South Wales

• Liberty Victoria;

• Mallesons Stephen Jaques Human Rights Law Group;

• Merkel QC, Ron and Pound, Alastair;

• PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic and Annexure of Homeless Persons' Views;

• Public Interest Advocacy Centre;

• Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic);

• SCALES Community Legal Centre;

• Uniting Church in Australia;

• University of Oxford Pro Bono Publico;

• UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights;

• UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie;

• Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission;

• Victorian Government;