The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Albanese Government to strengthen the powers of its new proposed Anti-Slavery Commissioner to enable the role to more effectively tackle modern slavery.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Australian National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (AusNCP), the Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Australian Government to strengthen the powers of Australia’s principal corporate human rights watchdog.
Read MoreIn our submission to the statutory review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), Human Rights Law Centre proposes reforms to hold companies accountable for preventing modern slavery in their operations and supply chains and require them to undertake due diligence to identify and address modern slavery risks.
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Australian Government urgently act to strengthen the legislation.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre commented on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Consultation Paper relating to its proposed International Strategy on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (Strategy).
Read MoreThis submission calls on the Federal Government for more to be done via a range of measures to strengthen Australia’s framework to combat forced labour as Australia prepares to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Forced Labour Protocol.
Read MoreCredible evidence of mass internments, forced labour and other atrocities against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang provide an urgent case for action by the Australian Government to ensure businesses are not profiting from these abuses, the Human Rights Law Centre has told a parliamentary committee.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre has made a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The destruction has rightly attracted international condemnation, and calls for a thorough examination of Rio Tinto’s actions and the broader legal and political framework that allowed this to happen.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre commented on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Consultation Paper relating to its proposed International Strategy on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (Strategy).
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) and Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) have made a joint submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Inquiry into Australia’s corporate criminal responsibility regime. The HRLC supports proposals that would allow corporations to be better held to account for criminal misconduct overseas.
Read MoreThe Australian OECD National Contact Point (AusNCP) is Australia’s principal corporate complaints body for communities and individuals harmed by Australian companies operating overseas. Since 2017, the Human Rights Law Centre and other civil society organisations have advocated for reforms to make this complaints process more accessible, transparent and effective for communities.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA) Draft Guidance for Reporting Entities under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (MSA) (the Guidance).
Download the submission online here (May 2019)
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