Over the last month, there have been a number of high quality submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation calling for the enactment of a comprehensive Human Rights Act.
These submissions include:
- Amnesty International Australia;
- Anglican Church of Australia, General Synod;
- ;Australian Centre for Human Rights Education at RMIT;
- Australian Human Rights Commission at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/legal/submissions/2009/200906_NHRC.html;
- Australian Human Rights Group at http://www.humanrightsact.com.au/ahrg/;
- Australian Lawyers Alliance;
- Australian Lawyers for Human Rights;
- Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, International Section;
- Australian Network of Environment Defenders Officers;
- Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/publications/bill-of-rights.pdf;
- Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic);
- Human Rights Act for Australia Campaign at www.humanrightsact.com.au;
- Human Rights Council of Australia;
- Human Rights Law Resource Centre at http://www.hrlrc.org.au/our-work/focus/national-consultation/;
- Law Council of Australia at www.lawcouncil.asn.au/initiatives/bill-of-rights.cfm;
- Law Institute of Victoria;
- Law Society of New South Wales at http://www.lawsociety.com.au/idc/groups/public/documents/internetpolicysubmissions/023675.pdf;
- Liberty Victoria;
- Mallesons Stephen Jaques Human Rights Law Group;
- Merkel QC, Ron and Pound, Alastair;
- PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic and Annexure of Homeless Persons’ Views;
- Public Interest Advocacy Centre;
- Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic);
- Santow, Edward, Director of the Charter of Human Rights Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW, at www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/news/docs/NHRC_Submission.pdf;
- SCALES Community Legal Centre;
- Uniting Church in Australia;
- University of Oxford Pro Bono Publico;
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights;
- UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie;
- Victorian Bar at http://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=BarCouncilSubmissionFiles%2fNational+HR+Consultation+Bar+Submission+-+Final+25May2009.pdf;
- Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission;
- Victorian Government;
- Williams, George, Foundation Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW, at www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au/News/docs/2009_Charter.pdf; and
- Zifcak, Spencer and King, Alison at www.australiancollaboration.com.au/booksreports/Wrongs_Rights_Remedies.pdf.
