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Human Rights

Commonwealth leaders agree on ‘reparatory justice’ for slavery

Commonwealth leaders have agreed “the time has come” for a conversation about making amends for slavery. Source: ABC News.

Human Rights Modern Slavery

ACRATH lobbies federal MPs for more action on modern slavery

Staff and members of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans are at Parliament House in the ACT this week to discuss modern slavery and human trafficking with MPs.

Human Rights South America

Missing boy spurs Church groups to fight trafficking in Argentina

More than two months after a five-year-old boy went missing in a northeastern Argentina, the Church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him. Source: OSV News.

Charity Human Rights

Caritas Australia condemns historic humanitarian death toll 

Caritas Australia has condemned the historic humanitarian death toll revealed by the United Nations this week, saying that aid workers in conflict zones should be protected.

Human Rights Research

Victims treated as criminals in fight against organ trafficking

Victims are recast as offenders according to Australian Catholic University research that has identified criminal justice gaps and corruption in the fight against illegal organ trafficking bazaars.

Human Rights

Outgoing head of Human Rights Commission calls for human rights act

Rosalind Croucher, the outgoing president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, has called for the creation of a national human rights act. Source: SBS News.

Housing Human Rights

Independent MPs push to make housing a human right

Access to housing would be recognised as a human right, with the Commonwealth Government required to improve the country’s supply, under a new proposal put to Parliament. Source: Yahoo News.

Human Rights Politics

Parliamentary inquiry recommends national Human Rights Act

A new parliamentary report has recommended Australia pass a Human Rights Act that would make it illegal for any public authority to ignore human rights. Source: RiotACT.

Human Rights United Nations

UN anti-torture watchdog issues blunt warning to Australia

The United Nations’ anti-torture watchdog has issued a blunt warning to the Australian Government for dragging its feet after a failure to update progress on improving the treatment of detainees across state prisons and immigration detention facilities. Source: The Guardian.