News
August 2009
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth Inquiry into Homelessness Legislation
is currently underway. Click here to view the terms of reference for the Inquiry.
Submissions to the inquiry closed on 14 August 2009. The Committee received 92 submissions. Click here to view submissions.
The Committee is currently conducting Public Hearings and the remaining two will be held in Canberra on Wednesday 21 and 28 October, 2009. Click here to find out more about the public hearings.
July 2009
Selection of key economic, social and cultural rights submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation
May 2009
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released its report on Australia on 25 May 2009.
- Australia's Fourth Periodic Report to the CESCR is available here and its Common Core Document submitted to CESCR is available here.
- The documents used in the consideration of the Fourth Periodic Report of Australia can be found at the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Click here.
- See also the Human Rights Law Resource Centre's comprehensive summary of the issues.
December 2008
The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 10 December 2008. Adoption of the Protocol is currently being considered by the Australian government. The Protocol will be open for signature in September 2009. See here for more information.
ESCR in the Australian Media
2009
- 40,000 voices, but the one that really counts is staying quiet [pdf], The Age, 7 July 2009 [word]
- States divided on human rights charter [pdf], The Age, 7 July 2009 [word]
- Human rights laws too weak [pdf], The Age, 16 June 2009 [word]
- Letters to the editor - enshrine your rights [pdf], The Newcastle Herald, 10 June 2009 [word]
- At last powers that be want to hear about your rights [pdf], The Canberra Times, 31 March 2009 [word]
- Judicial hurdles in race for rights [pdf], The Canberra Times, 14 March 2009 [word]
2008
- Letters to the editor - some rights not recognised [pdf], The Hobart Mercury, 15 December 2008 [word]
- Committee will test Australia's constitution for a bill of rights [pdf], The Courier-mail, 11 December 2008 [word]
- A mixed report card on human rights anniversary [pdf], The Canberra Times, 10 December 2008 [word]
- Keep the power with the people, not lawyers [pdf], The Australian, 10 December 2008 [word]
- Rights and wrongs [pdf], The Australian, 10 December 2008 [word]
- Bill of rights to reign in parliament [pdf], The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 December 2008 [word]
- Letters to the editor - recognise housing as a human right [pdf], Hobart Mercury, 5 November 2008 [word]
- How to make poverty history [pdf], The Australian, 3 September 2008 [word]
- Living rough on our conscience [pdf], The Canberra Times, 5 August 2008 [word]
- Listen to home truths [pdf], The Herald Sun, 5 May 2008 [word]
- Concern at human rights charter [pdf], The West Australian, 22 April 2008 [word]
- The nuts and bolts of summiteering [pdf], The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April 2008 [word]
- Rights charter stranded [pdf], The Mercury, 12 March 2008 [word]
- Law boss Llewellyn coy on rights charter [pdf], The Mercury, 23 February 2008 [word]
- Rights of the homeless [pdf], The Age, 30 January 2008 [word]
2007
- McGinty shelves human rights bill [pdf], The West Australian, 21 December 2007 [word]
- Human rights finally takes centre stage [pdf], The Australian, 14 December 2007 [word]
- Public servants key to human rights charter [pdf], The Mercury, 11 December 2007 [word]
- Let's pursue the ultimate prize [pdf], The Australian, 27 October 2007 [word]
- Law reformers want human rights charter [pdf], The Mercury, 13 October 2007 [word]
- Indigenous Rights need to be included in the Victorian charter [pdf], The Age, 26 September 2007 [word]
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