Australia’s peak medical and legal bodies have welcomed the findings and recommendations of an Australian Human Rights Commission report into Youth Justice, which include raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years. lawcouncil.au/media/media-re…

People in QLD, Vic & the ACT have a #HumanRightsAct. The SA Govt is listening & is currently inquiring into a #HumanRightsAct4SA NSW should be having this conversation too: Support a #HumanRightsAct4nsw by emailing your MP today: humanrightsfornsw.org #HRA4NSW #nswpol

We’re disappointed by the rushed passage of the NDIS Amendment Bill 2024 without proper consultation with PwD. Our voices were sidelined, & key concerns remain unaddressed. We'll keep advocating for genuine co-design in future reforms. Read our statement: buff.ly/3WViKmY

Looking for inspo? Playwright Suzie Miller (one of ALHR's founders!) in conversation about #women working in the law with Kate Eastman (another of ALHR's founders!) & Gabrielle Bashir SC ABC Australia's The Law Report Listen: shorturl.at/W04K7 #auslaw #HumanRights

Fantastic The Law Society of Western Australia Brief piece by our Western Australia for a Human Rights Act Campaign Co-convenor & The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd. Managing Lawyer Chloe Wood explaining why we need a Federal #HumanRightsAct AND Human Rights Acts in all states & territories including WA! Human Rights Act for SA Human Rights Act for NSW Australian Human Rights Act #auslaw

Media Release: ALHR urges the Aus Govt & the ABS to take immediate steps to ensure the national census asks comprehensive questions on sexual orientation, gender identity, & intersex status. shorturl.at/Go0aF #LGBTIQ #Census #auslaw #HumanRights

ALHR is seeking expressions of interest from lawyers to Co-Convene our Queensland activities. If you want to play a leading role in standing up for #HumanRights & the #RuleOfLaw in QLD then grab some more info here: shorturl.at/Xl1cO #auslaw #lawyers #volunteers

Many advocates have been calling for this right, including Environmental Defenders Office, Human Rights Law Centre and Aus Law Human Rights. Now for implementing the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights call for the right to a healthy environment in an Australian Human Rights Act to make this nationwide

MEDIA: ALHR applauds the ACT for leading the nation by enshrining the #R2HE within its #HumanRightsAct. We urge all jurisdictions in Australia to follow suit. Everyone deserves to have their #environmental #HumanRights protected, no matter where they live rb.gy/phihg9

ALHR welcomes the appointment of Louise Glanville as #NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commissioner & our very own Natalie Wade as Associate Commissioner. A talented #HumanRights lawyer & disabled woman, Natalie will ensure reforms centre #Disability rights buff.ly/3Msmbwg

The PM has just announced they’ve changed their mind and will allow “one question” in the census, on sexuality. If it’s right that the government will now count LGB people but not transgender people… that would be extraordinary, unnecessary, hurtful division. For what!?

In our latest blog, Academic Member Prof Paula Gerber looks at the recent Federal Court decision in Tickle v Giggle. castancentre.com/2024/08/30/rox…

Happy #WearItPurpleDay ALHR stands with #LGBTQIA+ youth, celebrating diversity & fostering a sense of belonging for everyone. Every young person deserves safe, supportive, & inclusive environments that remind them they are loved & valued. #LGBTQ #Inclusion #Acceptance #Equality

ALHR stands with LGBTIQ+ Health Australia and 100+ orgs calling on the federal Govt to end the unhelpful discourse about the introduction of questions on gender, innate variations of sex characteristics & sexual orientation in the 2026 Census. lgbtiqhealth.org.au/joint_statemen…

ALHR has joined Equality Australia 🌈 & over Seventy orgs from across Australia to call on the federal government to count all of our #LGBTQIA+ community properly in the next census: Read the full statement here equalityaustralia.org.au/lgbtiq-communi… #auslaw #inclusion #HumanRights #auspol

Thank you to everyone who tuned in to our first ever annual conference. You can now watch recordings of all the sessions. 3dn.unsw.edu.au/news/recording… We had a great time. People said that they really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Our next conference will be in May 2025. We hope to

ALHR calls on the Govt to reverse its decision to exclude people born with innate variations of sex characteristics from the national census. This is a slap in the face for a population which has been ignored, disregarded & made invisible for decades. tinyurl.com/2aa8n6wx

STUDENT BLOG | Australian Journal of Human Rights intern Joshua Sykes examines how existing requirements in NSW create substantial access barriers for trans and gender diverse people: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/blogs…

The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 has now been introduced. As expected, it is drafted incredibly narrowly, which will severely limit is usefulness in practice. #auspol #auslaw parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/downl…

The Greens have secured an unprecedented national inquiry into youth justice systems, which will - among other things - examine federal responsibility for the conditions in child prisons across the country. nit.com.au/12-09-2024/136…