Australia

Human Rights in AUSTRALIA

Australia: Australia shies away from UN scrutiny
29 March 2000

News Service 062/00. AI INDEX: ASA 12/05/00. 30 March 2000. Australia shies away from UN scrutiny. By deciding to review Australia’s ...

Press Release       ASA 12/005/2000

Australia: Crunch time for children's human rights in Australia
14 March 2000

News Service 048/00. AI INDEX: ASA 12/03/00. 14 March 2000. Crunch time for children’s human rights in Australia. As Australia’s ...

Press Release       ASA 12/003/2000

Australia: Prime Minister's disregard of human rights obligations ...
18 February 2000

News Service 033/00. AI INDEX: ASA 12/02/00. 18 February 2000. Australia: Prime Minister’s disregard of human rights obligations shocks Amnesty International. ...

Press Release       ASA 12/002/2000

Australia: Amnesty International's submission on juvenile ...
14 February 2000

News Service 030/00. AI INDEX: ASA 12/01/00. 14 February 2000. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Australia: Amnesty International’s submission on juvenile mandatory sentencing. ...

Press Release       ASA 12/001/2000

Australia: Fear of forcible return / Fear for safety: Libyan ...
2 December 1999

After a failed attempt on 1 December 1999 to deport a Libyan asylum-seeker and his family to Libya, Amnesty International is very concerned that they are at risk ...

Urgent Action       ASA 12/004/1999

Australia: Government's dismissal of UN criticism undermines hard ...
19 March 1999

News Service: 054 /99. AI Index: ASA 12/03/99. 19 March 1999. Australia: government’s dismissal of UN criticism undermines hard-earned ...

Press Release       ASA 12/003/1999

Australia: aboriginal child removals breached contemporary human ...
4 March 1999

News Service: 11/045/99. AI Index: ASA 12/01/99. 4 March 1999. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Australia: aboriginal child removals breached. contemporary human rights standards ...

Press Release       ASA 12/001/1999

Australia: Government threat to gag Amnesty international
1 December 1998

AI INDEX: ASA 12/11/98News Service 233/98. EXTERNAL. EMBARGOED FOR: 1 DECEMBER 1998, 12.00 hours GMT. AUSTRALIA: GOVERNMENT THREAT TO GAG AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ...

Press Release       ASA 12/011/1998

Australia: Fear of imminent forcible deportation: Sadiq Shek Elmi
18 November 1998

Sadiq Shek Elmi, a Somali asylum-seeker, faces imminent deportation to Somalia where his life would be seriously at risk due to his membership to the persecuted ...

Urgent Action       ASA 12/009/1998

Juvenile Justice: Every child's basic human right: Appeals ...
1 November 1998

Produced as part of the Juvenile Justice Campaign these seven appeals leaflets highlight the following issues; detention of an Aborigine child in Australia; the ...

Newsletter       ACT 76/004/1998