Volunteer with us for the Voltaire Human Rights Awards 2022 - 18 November

Submitted by grace on Fri, 21/10/2022 - 08:54

Liberty Victoria are seeking volunteers to assist in running the annual Voltaire Human Rights Awards at the Sofitel Hotel Melbourne, on Friday 18 November  which celebrate individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to free speech and advocating for human rights, free speech and/or civil liberties.

We would love to have your support at this event.  You can download position descriptions for the volunteer roles that include more information by clicking on the links below.  

The voluntary positions we have available are:

Liberty Victoria Comment on OPCAT Suspension

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Tue, 25/10/2022 - 09:18

Liberty Victoria is dismayed to learn that government obstruction has led the United Nations’ torture prevention body to suspend its visit to Australia.

The risk to the human rights of people held in places of detention is significant, and it is fundamentally important that those rights are protected. Such places go beyond prisons or police cells. They include youth justice centres, immigration detention centres, and locked aged care facilities, secure disability homes and hospital wards. Liberty Victoria considers it essential that light is shone in such places.

Liberty Victoria Policy on the Right to a Basic Standard of Living

Submitted by Liberty Victoria on Tue, 15/11/2022 - 09:27

As part of a society which values and promotes human dignity, equality and freedom, a properly functioning social security system — that is, a system which is available, adequate and accessible to all without discrimination— is essential to ensure that all Australians have access to the basic necessities of life.

Liberty Victoria Policy on the Right to a Basic Standard of Living

As part of a society which values and promotes human dignity, equality and freedom, a properly functioning social security system — that is, a system which is available, adequate and accessible to all without discrimination— is essential to ensure that all Australians have access to the basic necessities of life.

The Challenges of Law Reform: In Conversation with Fiona Patten MLC and Sarah Schwartz (VALS)- Monday 7 November

On 7 November, Liberty Victoria's Rights Advocacy Project entered into a conversation with Fiona Patten MLC and Sarah Schwartz on the challenges of law reform.

The video of the event is now available

Watch the video here

 

About the speakers:

Proposed New Police Powers to Access Personal Devices are Unnecessary and Unfair

Comment on the Major Crime and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
1. If enacted the Major Crime and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (Vic) (the Bill) would result in a dangerous expansion of police investigative powers, including the power to compel people to provide access to personal devices.

Systemic Injustice in the Criminal Justice System

This submission responds to the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Issues Paper 1: Systemic Injustice in the Criminal Justice System.

The following submission focusses on:

(a) The need to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility;

(b) Victoria’s harsh bail laws;

(c) The pitfalls of presumptive and mandatory sentencing; and

(d) The operation and effect of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).

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