Concern for human rights

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SYDNEY — On August 24, around 80 people attended a UNSW Law Society forum to hear John von Doussa QC, president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission. HREOC is concerned about the consequences for human rights of the "anti-terror" laws, the maltreatment of asylum seekers under the "Pacific Solution", and the federal government's ban on same-sex marriage.

Von Doussa argued that the main way to protect human rights in Australia is through political, not judicial, activity, in particular by winning a bill of rights.

Duroyan Fertl


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