International Commission of Jurists (Western Australian Branch) in Perth, Western Australia | Non-governmental organisation (NGO)

International Commission of Jurists (Western Australian Branch)

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

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23.01.2022 Today's front page: "Exclusive: 4115 assaults in immigration detention". https://satpa.pe/thesaturdaypaper

23.01.2022 Please join us for an ALHR and Johnson Winter & Slattery virtual event. Earn 1.5 CPD points while discussing #ClimateChange law, the intersection of human rights and the environment, and recent strategic litigation cases. Register: https://trybooking.com/BLIYO #auslaw #HumanRights

22.01.2022 Great news: thanks to all of your advocacy, and the fierce opposition of many champions in Parliament this week, the government did not put the mobile phones ba...n bill up for debate in the Senate today - delaying it until October at the earliest. The government only puts bills to a vote if they know they have the numbers. They will not vote on a bill knowing they will lose. So, every day it is not listed is a day we know they don't have the numbers. Over 154,340 of you signed a petition to call on Parliament to oppose the bill. And your voice has been heard. Our deepest thanks to these great allies in Parliament, who stood with the community to oppose this dangerous bill (clockwise form top left: Adam Bandt MP, Peter Khalil MP, Ged Kearney MP, Senator Murray Watt, Zali Stegall MP, Andrew Giles MP, Helen Haines MP, Rebecca Sharkie MP& Senator Stirling Griff, Senator Nick McKim, Terri Butler MP, Andrew Wilkie MP).

19.01.2022 Arrest and detention in Police custody for public drunkenness should be abolished in NSW, as it is in WA (for example) and the duty of care of authorities who detain individuals should be enforced.

19.01.2022 Phones are a lifeline to people in immigration detention #NoPhoneNoLife

15.01.2022 Our detention casework team are on the phones all day, every day, supporting people in indefinite detention. They are a lifeline for people the government is tr...ying to crush. Without phones, people in detention can't get that critical support. But now Dutton is pushing a bill to give himself the power to confiscate them. Don't let Dutton take away their phones. Sign the petition: https://action.asrc.org.au/phones-are-a-lifeline

14.01.2022 Today is the International Day of Democracy. What better time to watch one of our great human rights explainer videos for young people? The Commission's free, o...nline education resources show young Aussies how they can have their say, even when they can't vote. Visit https://humanrights.gov.au/education/teachers

14.01.2022 The final article in our special COVID issue, by James Cook University's Jamie Fellows and Mark Chong, is now online and open access. The authors explain how, e...ven without the coronavirus pandemic, Australia's Modern Slavery Act wouldn't help fight modern day forms of slavery such as exploitation, forced marriage, trafficking and domestic servitude. Check it out now. https://journals.sagepub.com//full/10.1177/1037969X20956410 See more

08.01.2022 Sanctions imposed against prosecutors investigating war crimes show scant regard for the Rule of Law

05.01.2022 DEEPLY SAD NEWS: US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies aged 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure... firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon,architect of the legal fight for women's rights in the 1970s, Ginsburg subsequently served 27 years on the nation's highest court, becoming its most prominent member. Justice Ginsburg died at her home surrounded by her family. Rest in Power!

04.01.2022 TOMORROW, 9.09.2020, a free webinar "Children and War". Australian Red Cross, Save the Children, Australia and the International Committee of the Red Cross come together on Wednesday, 9 September at 6pm AEST to present this edition of the Review in a free public webinar with some very special guests. https://events.humanitix.com/arc-stca-icrc-children-and-war

02.01.2022 In Australia, you need to be 18 to vote, 16 to drive, 13 to get Facebook but the current age of criminal responsibility is 10. Join the discussion today: https://bit.ly/2XPVdWQ

01.01.2022 The next of our COVID-special articles is now available OnlineFirst and open access. Nina Boughey's "Executive power in emergencies: Where is the accountability...?" looks at how the powers Australian governments have relied on to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have avoided many of the political, legal and administrative accountability mechanisms that ordinarily apply to government decision-making. Are these accountability limits justified? Should we be concerned? https://journals.sagepub.com//full/10.1177/1037969X20950514

01.01.2022 Today we share Professor Kate Auty's Opinion in our next Journal where she considers life and law in a pandemic, and explains what's special about the articles ...in our COVID issue. Most memorable line for me? "For those who are complaining about the impact of border closures or mask directions on their constitutional rights, [Evans and Petrie's] essay might prove a revelation." Open access now at https://journals.sagepub.com//full/10.1177/1037969X20960280. See more

01.01.2022 Provocation and self defence are concepts that are prone to be identified and determined taking into account sub-conscious biases common in our society