[26 July 2013] -
Australia's new asylum policy lacks "adequate protection standards for asylum seekers", the UN says.
Under the new policy, boatpeople headed to Australia will have their claims processed by Papua New Guinea (PNG), and be...
[7 July 2013] -
A bid to overturn controversial laws allowing private schools to expel students simply because they are gay has been rejected by some faith-based schools as a threat to their religious freedom.
Independent Sydney MP Alex...
[17 July 2013] -
Parents of intellectually disabled girls have spoken out in favour of sterilisation, saying it gives their daughters a better quality of life.
Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes says the practice is...
[18 June 2013] -
CALLS are growing for the release of teenage asylum seekers being kept in detention at Pontville, with critics fearing an inevitable violent consequence of keeping hundreds of boys behind wire.
As tension escalates at the...
Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 13: Narratives of Equity
15-16 November 2013 at The University of Melbourne, Australia2013 Conference Themes:
Spaces and places for children’s own narratives in early childhood
Sharing research...
Summary: The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament on 21 March to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over several decades....
Title:Francesco Madafferi v. Australia
Court/Judicial Body:Human Rights Council
Citation:Communication Nos. 1209, 1231/2003 and 1241/2004
Date:26 July 2001
Instruments Cited:International Covenant on CIvil and Political Rights, Article 10(1) (...
Title:
Baban et al v Australia
Court/Judicial Body:
OHCHR - Human Rights Committee
Citation:
Communication No. 1014/2001
Date:
6 August 2003
Instruments Cited:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 9 (...
Title:Winata v Australia
Court/Judicial Body:OHCHR - Human Rights Committee
Citation:Communication No. 930/2000
Date:26 July 2001
Instruments Cited:International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 17 (right to respect for privacy,...
Title:
Bakhtiyari v. Australia
Court/Judicial Body:
OHCHR - Human Rights Committee
Citation:
Communication No 1069/2002
Date:
29 October 2003
Instruments Cited:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 17 (right to...
