The Centre seeks to contribute to the promotion, protection and entrenchment of economic, social and cultural rights, particularly the rights to housing and to adequate health care.
The Centre’s work in the area of ESC rights is listed below.
Right to Health: UN Special Rapporteur Releases Report on Australia – Focus on Indigenous Health and Detainee Health (4 June 2010)
ESC Rights: Implementation of the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (28 May 2010)
Eviction from Public Housing without Adequate Justification a Breach of Human Rights: VCAT (31 March 2010)
Housing Rights: Submission on the Adequacy of Public Housing in Victoria (Jan 2010)
ESC Rights: Legal Opinion on Justiciability of ESC Rights in an Australian Human Rights Act (Dec 2009)
Housing Rights and Homelessness: Towards a Right to Adequate Housing (Nov 2009)
Housing Rights and the Meaning of ‘Public Authority’: Metrowest Housing v Sadi (Oct 2009)
Right to Health: Briefing Paper on Australia to UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (Sept 2009)
Housing Rights: Submission to Australian Parliament on Homelessness Legislation (Aug 2009)
OP-ICESCR: Australia Can Provide International Leadership and Ratify OP-ICESCR (July 2009)
ICESCR: Committee Releases Landmark Report on Australia (May 2009)
ICESCR: NGO Reports for UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Review of Australia (May 2009)
Mental Health: Submission to Review of Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic) (Feb 2009)
Equality Rights: Submission to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Draft General Comment on Non-Discrimination (Dec 2008)
Mental Health: Submission on Review of Victorian Mental Health Strategy (July 2008)
ESC Rights: Optional Protocol to ICESCR – Australia Urged to Support Negotiation of Text (March 2008)
Homelessness: Request for Urgent Action from UN Special Rapporteurs (Nov 2006)
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Litigation Workshop (Nov 2006)
