The Human Rights Law Centre’s submission to the Senate Inquiry in to the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 calls for the Albanese Government’s dangerous and draconian proposed deportation laws to be rejected.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Migrant Workers Centre are calling for Australia’s migration laws to centre the rights of people over punitive politics and economic profit in a joint submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration.
Read MoreThe Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023 would have compelled the Australian Government to bring the last 150 people who are still stranded in offshore detention to Australia. The Human Rights Law Centre’s submission recommended that the Bill be passed, and that further legislation be introduced to repeal offshore processing and provide permanent safety to all people previously subjected to it.
Read MoreJoint submission by the Human Rights law Centre, Migrant Workers Centre, Democracy in Colour, GetUp!, ASRC, Liberty Victoria and Amnesty International.
Read MoreJoint submission from Human Rights Law Centre and the Migrant Workers Centre to the historic review of Australia’ migration program.
Read MoreJoint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre, the Refugee Council of Australia and UNSW Sydney's Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law on mistreatment in immigration detention to the UN Committee Against Torture.
Read MoreAfter a parliamentary inquiry earlier this year recommended an urgent overhaul of the family migration system, the Australian National Audit Office is now conducting an audit of the Department of Home Affairs’ handling of family via applications.
Read MoreThis joint parliamentary committee was initiated on the recommendation of Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins in her Set the Standard report, which followed serious allegations of gender-based violence taking place inside Parliament. It follows that a significant focus of this review should be on preventing gender-based violence. However, this is not the only issue that needs to be addressed in order to create a Commonwealth Parliament that will rebuild public trust in our political system.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Australian National Audit Office’s performance audit to assess the effectiveness of the design and management of international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe Australian government’s visa laws are devastating families and keeping parents away from their children for years, a Senate Committee inquiry has been told. The landmark inquiry into the Morrison government’s family migration policies has received evidence from legal experts and people separated from their families.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee inquiry about new laws that would allow the Morrison Government to stifle criticism of immigration detention, and cut off crucial support for the people detained.
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