Human Rights

Archive of posts in the 'Human Rights' category

Asylum Seekers / Call for UN torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s handcuffing of asylum seekers en route to medical care

The United Nations’ torture prevention watchdog has been urged to investigate Australia’s use of handcuffs on asylum seekers when seeking...

16 Sep 2022

Asylum Seekers / Handcuffing in Australian immigration detention needs urgent review ahead of UN visit

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says a comprehensive review of handcuffing in Australia’s onshore immigration detention system is urgently...

16 Sep 2022

Accountable Government / Marginalised groups most at risk from data-sharing proposal

PIAC has joined a number of civil liberty organisations in raising concerns about a new data sharing scheme proposed by...

6 May 2021

Human Rights / Mandatory blood borne virus testing: a threat to human rights and no guarantee of safety for workers

The NSW Government is proposing to introduce mandatory blood borne virus testing for people whose bodily fluids come into contact...

4 Feb 2021

Accountable Government / Submission re Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020

The Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 establishes a framework under which people whose bodily fluids come into contact with police,...

18 Jan 2021

Human Rights / Data Availability and Transparency Bill Submission

PIAC made a submission to the Office of the National Data Commissioner in relation to the exposure draft of the...

24 Nov 2020

Human Rights / Statement on the Global Climate Crisis

Climate change caused by human activities is one of the most serious, far-reaching, and urgent challenges faced by people living...

27 Aug 2020

Human Rights / Sexual harassment has no place in the legal profession

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) condemns sexual harassment and its prevalence in the legal profession. Following the distressing revelations about the conduct...

3 Jul 2020

Discrimination / Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes?

‘The government’s explanatory memo outlines how the bill’s far-reaching effects will change public life dramatically – in medical services, schools,...

6 Feb 2020

Discrimination / Provisions of Religious Discrimination Bill too ‘severe’, human rights commissioner says

‘Certain provisions to the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill have been rejected as being too “severe” and unduly restrict the rights...

30 Jan 2020

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