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To mark the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Amnesty International has written to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds asking her to sign the treaty. The treaty makes it illegal under international law to develop, test, possess, host, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. Whilst two-thirds of UN …
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Amnesty International Australia has told a parliamentary inquiry that a more diverse media leads to a better protected and a stronger right to freedom of expression. The Senate-referred inquiry into the state of media diversity, independence and reliability in Australia to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee in late 2020. Amnesty International Australia has …
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Amnesty International Australia has submitted to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications’ inquiry into media diversity, independence and reliability in Australia. Our submission is based on the foundation that a more diverse media leads to a better protected and a stronger right to freedom of expression. Our key recommendation is to implement a Federal …
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Amnesty Internationa’s submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Nauru to be held in January-February 2021. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Nauru in its previous UPR and makes recommendations in relation to improving the national human rights framework, strengthening the right to a fair trial, protecting …
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This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Australia in January-February 2021. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Australia in its previous UPR, including in relation to the rights of Indigenous Peoples, the rights of asylum seekers, ensuring religious freedom is upheld and maintaining protection from all …
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Alice Springs Town Council has passed a motion in favour of implementing measures to ‘counteract antisocial and criminal behaviour’, including a possible curfew for young people. Amnesty International has written to all councillors and the Northern Territory Police Minister, Nicole Manison, calling on the curfew to be dropped. A youth curfew potentially breaches human rights …
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After the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election, Shane Rattenbury MLA was appointed Attorney-General. Prior to this, Rattenbury had led the push for the government to commit to raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility. The Amnesty International Australia Community is Everything (CIE) team met with Attorney-General Rattenbury to discuss the progress of raising the age. …
During the 44-day conflict between late September and early November 2020, Armenian and Azerbaijani forces’ repeated use of notoriously inaccurate and indiscriminate weapons – including cluster munitions and explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated civilian areas – violated international humanitarian law and killed scores of civilians, injured hundreds and destroyed homes and key infrastructure. …
Amnesty International Australia has asked the Australian government to intervene to stop the three scheduled federal executions in the US. Since resuming federal executions after 17 years last July 2019, the Trump administration has put to death a total of ten men and is pursuing a further three executions in its last weeks in office, …
The climate crisis is one of the most significant human rights issues to date, threatening the enjoyment of a full range of human rights, for present and future generations. Despite the impact that climate change is already having on human rights, and that it will continue to accelerate in the future, Australia’s policies are exacerbating …
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