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INCLO members join the call for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines and support the temporary TRIPS waiver proposal
The undersigned members of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) join the urgent international call for universal, equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly in the context of the stark inequality in the global distribution of the vaccines already produced and ordered.
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Senate committee recommends the Australian government ban all imports made with forced labour
The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed a Senate Committee report recommending a ban on the importation of any goods produced with forced labour into Australia.
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Human Rights Commission criticises Morrison Government’s failure to manage COVID-19 in immigration detention

Stop routinely strip searching young people in prison, NSW Ombudsman recommends
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Berejiklian Government to ban the routine strip searching of young people in NSW prisons following a damning report by the NSW Ombudsman.
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Safeguards needed to stop secret trials
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for the introduction of legislated minimum standards of openness in Australia’s legal system to prevent trials taking place in secret.
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Senate inquiry into visa laws hears of separated families’ pain
The 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, which show a broken system in urgent need of reform.
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Dozens of submissions made public after AGs refuse to act on raising the age of criminal responsibility
In an unusual move, 48 organisations have today publicly released their submissions to the Council of Attorneys-General working group on raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Australia from 10 years old.
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Gunner government set to pipeline more children into harmful NT prisons
The Human Rights Law Centre has slammed punitive new laws passed by the Gunner government in the Northern Territory late last night.
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INCLO members join the call for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines and support the temporarily TRIPS waiver proposal
The Human Rights Law Centre joined the urgent international call with the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) for universal, equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly in the context of the stark inequality in the global distribution of the vaccines already produced and ordered.
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Morrison Government must let three-year-old refugee child reunite with her father
The Human Rights Law Centre has today called on the Morrison Government to bring an end to the detention of a father who is cruelly separated from his wife and child. Overnight, The Project reported on the story of Mehreen, Zijah and three year old Eshal.
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No place for secret trials in Australia
The Human Rights Law Centre has called for new legal safeguards to prevent secret trials following the case of Witness J, an intelligence agent who was prosecuted and jailed in complete secrecy.
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The Morrison Government should help Australians get home from India
The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Morrison Government to abandon its travel bans and facilitate the safe return home of Australians in India as COVID-19 rates escalate in the country.
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