Tag Archives: human rights

New project to report real-time safety concerns

It is possible to flag safety concerns on a crowdsourced map in real time, which could give women more confidence to travel and walk alone at night.   YourGround NSW “YourGround NSW” is a free interactive crowdmap that allows people to report safety problems in real time. It started...
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Legal paradigms changing: NZYQ v. Minister of Immigration, a landmark ruling

Legal paradigms changing: NZYQ v. Minister of Immigration, a landmark ruling

In a recent ruling, the High Court reversed the Al-Kateb v. Godwin judgment and declared indefinite detention to be illegal. The ruling emphasizes how critical it is that Australian immigration laws respect human rights and fundamental constitutional ideals, particularly for those who are not citize...
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Senate passes Bill to give courts power to strip citizenship

Senate passes Bill to give courts power to strip citizenship

The Senate approved a new law granting courts the authority to strip Australians with dual citizenship of their citizenship for serious offenses, with support from all parties. But the Law Council of Australia’s and other legal professionals’ concerns have gone unanswered.   The Bil...
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