Registrations for The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference open this Wednesday 23 April. join us at one of Australia’s leading human rights events, 25 July, in Melbourne Details @ our conference website: bit.ly/HumanRights25.

The Castan Centre appeared this morning at the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into the Criminal Code (Hate Crimes) Amendment Bill 2024. See our submission here: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... @drmcastan.bsky.social @ronlisifris.bsky.social #Auslaw #HumanRights

Thanks to the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Professor Tomoya Obokata & HLRC.

We talked yesterday about modern slavery practices & explored the particular challenges & exploitation faced by migrant workers.

We look forward to the SR’s end-of-mission statement on 27 Nov.

The proposed social media ban will affect various human rights contained in international human rights treaties. This explainer by the Australian Human Rights Commission sets these issues out: humanrights.gov.au/about/news/p... #LawSky #AusLaw #HumanRights

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