Council Chair, Andrew Naylor attended a consultative meeting between Australian NGOs and the Department of the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General attended and addressed some of the NGOs’ concerns. The Executive Director attended a workshop on the human rights-based approach to development…
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The Council in June 2009
The Human Rights Council of Australia endorsed the following letter to the high-level panel of experts on the establishment of an ASEAN human rights body drafted by Forum Asia: “The Terms of Reference of the ASEAN human rights body should…
The Executive Director facilitated a workshop on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Treaty Bodies in Dili in mid-May for the Diplomacy Training Program. He caught up with with long-time HRCA member Pat Walsh. HRCA endorsed a letter to…
The Council in April 2009
HRCA wrote to the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka calling for the Sri Lankan Government to abide by its human rights commitments in in the context of the Tamil conflict as well as condemning human rights abuses by Tamil insurgents.…
The Council in March 2009
The Council wrote to the Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith arguing that Australia should attend and participate in the follow up to the Durban Conference against Racism and Xenophobia. Click here to read the letter: letter-to-smith-re-durban-200903191