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September 2024: Commission News | President's Message

Dear friends,   It was good to reflect at the recent Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner on access to justice, the role of lawyers and the law.    Too often our legal system delivers unequal access to justice – different standards of justice depending on who you are, where you live and how...

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Commission – General

Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner

Our legal system frequently provides unequal access to justice, with varying standards based on one’s identity, location, and financial status. Rights granted by law are ineffective if they cannot be enforced. A speech by Hugh de Krester.

Category, Speech
Rights and Freedoms

60% student discount announced for landmark national human rights event

Organisers of a major national human rights conference have just announced a 60% discount for students who want to attend the historic gathering in June during the Vivid Sydney festival. Presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Free + Equal Human Rights Conference is set to attract...

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Rights and Freedoms

We need debate on sensible limits on free speech

When president Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the 1941 State of the Union address he spoke of four essential human freedoms people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy. The very first of these was freedom of speech and expression.Free speech was listed first because it is the bedrock of democracy. S...

Category, Opinion

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