Flexible home learning and disability discrimination
A recent NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision considered disability discrimination in connection with home assisted education during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Spotlight on religious discrimination
Australian human rights law depends heavily on the protections provided in anti-discrimination legislation. But what happens if that law is turned on its head?
Time is running out: are you taking action on modern slavery?
The deadline for the first Australian Modern Slavery Statements is fast approaching.
Freedom of religion and speech: it’s time for change
AHRC President ROSALIND CROUCHER ventures beyond the headlines to explore how our rights & freedoms can be protected in a more positive and enduring way.
If only we had a Human Rights Act… What we can learn from the UK’s religious freedom ruling
Ngole v University of Sheffield is a timely example of how conflicts between freedom of speech and religion can be resolved with the right legislative…
When it comes to human rights, is it time NSW caught up?
Has the time come for NSW to revisit the question of whether to adopt a human rights act?
World-first legal battle hopes to save a culture
A group of Torres Strait Islanders is filing a human rights complaint against the Australian Government. They say a lack of action on climate change…
The case that changed me – Kingsley Liu
Kingsley Liu tells how his pro bono work for a small Indian Islamic community led him to represent other important human rights causes.
The case that changed me – Greg James QC
GREG JAMES QC was involved in prosecuting from 1988 to 1993 this and two other Nazi war crime cases – the only three cases brought…
The case that changed me – Doreen Chen
Former Norton Rose lawyer Doreen Chen had her work cut out for her when she took a job with the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in Myanmar…
The case that changed me – Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby
Sometimes, winning the case is less important than bringing attention to a cause. Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby explains how one particular case early…