A dangerous gap exists in Australia’s refugee system that means people threatened with torture and gross human rights violations are being sent back to their country of origin after years in detention centres because they do not fit the technical definition of a "refugee", according to a joint report by refugee policy group A Just Australia (AJA) and Oxfam released today.
Many Australian corporations are doing great work overseas. They are investing in developing countries, providing job opportunities to local people and working closely with local community organisations.
Some Australian companies, however, are also ignoring people’s most basic human rights.
Oxfam Australia launches a webpage where Ugandan refugees and Australians post comments to each other on a website.
A Close the Gap open day at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) on Wednesday 25 June will promote healthy living and give the wider community a chance to learn about Aboriginal health issues.
Oxfams statement at the end of the UN Food Summit in Rome
Emerging and established filmmakers with a passion for human rights are being invited to make short films addressing the human impacts of climate change.
Many Australian corporations are doing great work overseas. They are investing in developing countries, providing job opportunities to local people and working closely with local community organisations.
Some Australian companies, however, are also ignoring people’s most basic human rights. They are forcibly removing people from their land, dumping cyanide laden waste in waterways that are integral to livelihoods, and, on the whole, facing none of the legal ramifications they would face at home.
International aid agency Oxfam is calling on the Rudd Government and corporate Australia to adopt a new human rights framework presented to the UN today (3 June), which urges government and business to “foster a corporate culture respectful of human rights at home and abroad”.
In advance of the UN Food Summit in Rome, Oxfam releases a report stating how world leaders need to respond to the food price crisis.
Oxfam has welcomed today’s announcement that Climate Change Minister Penny Wong will be attending the G8 environment ministers meeting in Kobe, Japan, but encourages her to live up to the Federal Government’s commitment to take the lead in international action.