Australia has a strong record of protecting civil and political rights, but serious human rights issues remain. Keep Pressure on China Over Abuse of Turkic MuslimsKeep Pressure on China Over Abuse of Turkic MuslimsGay Sex Still a Crime in Singapore Thanks to Dubious Legal RulingsWritten Testimony: "Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border"More Evidence of China’s Horrific Abuses in Xinjiang To mark the occasion, we at IHRB turned to some of our partners from business and civil society with whom we have worked closely over the last decade to prepare our tenth annual list of the Top 10 Business and Human Rights Issues for 2019. “How many more times will the Australian government – now led by the ‘new’ Liberal party – ignore the recommendations of a sub-body of the very council it campaigned to get a seat on?”Cheragi has a history of mental illness and continues to be assessed as being at high risk of self-harm. Entering into the new year, we wanted to see what Winnipeggers think are the biggest human rights issues of 2019. In June, the New South Wales government passed legislation to provide safe access zones around clinics that provide abortions.In June, the Australian government introduced a modern slavery bill that would require companies above a certain size to submit annual statements regarding their supply chains. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. They have not seen Nasreen’s two older children – “When I transferred to Australia for treatment it was as if someone suggested that I choose between my left and right hand,” Nasreen said. ... Karim, a taxi driver, is pictured in front of his destroyed house in Aleppo's Salaheddine district, Syria, April 13, 2019. In 2018, the government continued to hold refugees and asylum seekers who arrived by boat in Australian waters on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and on Nauru, marking more than five years since the reintroduction of its draconian offshore processing and settlement policy.In October, the Queensland government introduced a human rights act, becoming the third jurisdiction in Australia to do so behind the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.At time of writing, 570 refugees and asylum seekers remained in Papua New Guinea and around 600 on Nauru. Cheragi’s asylum claim has been assessed and denied, the government told the working group.The case is one of two significant interventions involving the UN in Australia’s increasingly condemned immigration detention system.A family separation case, brought by the Human Rights Law Centre, is seeking orders from the UN’s Human Rights Committee, the world’s highest human rights authority, for the immediate reunion of the families.“Instead of forcing people to choose between the cruelty of indefinite detention and the cruelty of family separation, the government should just put a handful of people on a plane and reunite these families in Australia,” said Daniel Webb, the director of legal advocacy for the Human Rights Law Centre.Among the families are five babies born in Australia whose fathers remain on Nauru.Some families were separated because they arrived on different dates either side of the federal government’s 2013 pronouncement that all boat arrivals would be sent offshore.Others were split when one member was taken to Australia for urgent medical treatment and forced to leave members of their family behind.Nasreen and her adult daughter Mahboubeh are currently in Australia for Nasreen to receive medical treatment. Australia… It brought together environment and human rights concerns, inspiring an estimated For some, it was a way to demonstrate outrage at the federal government’s For others, the enormous fires in the precious Amazon forest, And, of course, many were moved to strike because the We hear them loud and clear – and call on Australia’s leaders to listen and act. Across Australia, around 600 children under the age of 14 are imprisoned each year, mostly Indigenous. The bill had yet to pass into law at time of writing.In September, the government introduced legislation that would undermine strong encryption and cybersecurity, allowing law enforcement and security agencies to order technology companies and even individuals to facilitate access to encrypted data and devices. The bill, however, does not set out penalties for non-compliance.In 2018, Australia started its term on the UN Human Rights Council, but beyond Geneva continued to shy away from publicly raising concerns about human rights in other countries—including neighboring Cambodia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, where rights violations are rife but with whom Australia works closely on border security and trade. But, in flagging some of the issues needing urgent attention, we hope to gather support for the broader movement that strives to achieve justice and secure dignity for more people.The size of your beard, where you travel and whether you use the back door of the house are all potentially The leaked documents are consistent with previous reporting on Xinjiang, but reveal the campaign originated from President Xi Jinping himself. At this time, Queensland joined the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria in being the only Australian jurisdictions with statutory protection for human rights. In March 2018 Dutton also commented that persecuted white South African farmers deserved “special attention” on humanitarian grounds from a “civilised country” like Australia.In August the government removed income support and housing from asylum seekers living in Australia, in a move described by UN Special Rapporteur for Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Alston as “ruthless.”Indigenous Australians are significantly overrepresented in the criminal justice system, often for minor offenses like unpaid fines.

But this is a shallow victory for Saudi women, who still face myriad rights abuses at home.The Saudi government also hasn’t taken meaningful steps to provide accountability for the murder of journalist After initially taking a low-key approach to its membership in the UN Human Rights Council, Australia stepped up in its second year. The course examines the extent to which and how international human rights standards are present in, or affect, Australian law.