Amnesty International has submitted to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s consultation on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). READ OUR SUBMISSION Amnesty welcomes the governments move to ratify OPCAT. Having campaigned for its implementation for many years, Amnesty celebrates this event as a historical milestone. It is a big …
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Seven times marriage changed and the world didn’t end
In Australia, the definition of marriage has changed 20 times. On average, that’s an amendment to the Commonwealth Marriage Act nearly every three years. Without exception, changes to marriage that we now take for granted were controversial at the time. Change is usually incremental and lagging behind the currently accepted societal norms. But we change …
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