Archive of posts in the 'Human Rights' category
Access to good health is a basic human right. This World Hepatitis Day, the Kirby Institute, in partnership with PIAC,...
Late last month PIAC’s conflict mapping report on the Sri Lankan civil war was presented to a number of civil...
In 2016 two blind Australians launched a discrimination case against the Commonwealth Bank, arguing a touch screen device used in...
PIAC’s submission reiterated many of our concerns from our submission to the Second Review, particularly as few of those issues...
A NSW review of parliamentary process has recommended improvements that will provide better scrutiny of human rights issues in the...
PIAC’s submission examines the issue of access to technology, and lack of access to technology, and how this impacts the...
PIAC welcomes the Crimes Amendment (Publicly Threatening and Inciting Violence) Act 2018 (NSW), passed this week by the NSW Parliament....
The treatment of asylum-seekers and others who enter or remain in Australia without a valid visa attracts great controversy. But...
A new report highlighting a lack of basic medical care provided to asylum seekers in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres,...
Would you trust a stranger with your bank PIN? It’s a question Nadia Mattiazzo is forced to ask herself daily…...