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We share info on rights issues in South Australia and connect communities with researchers and decision-makers to make change happen.

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Dementia Australia (@dementiaaus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dementia Australia is a member of the newly established Human Rights as We Age Network. Led by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Network will work collaboratively and play an important role in advancing human rights for older persons. Australian Human Rights Commission

ANU Australian Studies Institute (@anuausi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic rights during maternity care. #AUResearch bit.ly/43ZIG5y Dr Nina Sivertsen Dr. Susan E. Smith @tahliaJMALPA Flinders University via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand.

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law (@castancentre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✨ There’s nothing quite like the energy of connecting face to face. ✨ If you’ve been craving meaningful conversations, fresh perspectives on human rights, & new opportunities to collaborate, this year's bit.ly/HumanRights25 Conference is the room you want to be in! Join us!

✨ There’s nothing quite like the energy of connecting face to face. ✨ If you’ve been craving meaningful conversations, fresh perspectives on human rights, & new opportunities to collaborate, this year's bit.ly/HumanRights25 Conference is the room you want to be in! Join us!
Shelter SA (@sheltersa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you heard of Homes4Good? If you own a rental property and you're willing to accept a sub-market rent, please join us to help people who desperately need a home but struggle to enter the private rental market and pay full prices. Find out more here sheltersa.asn.au/latest-news/

Have you heard of Homes4Good? If you own a rental property and you're willing to accept a sub-market rent, please join us to help people who desperately need a home but struggle to enter the private rental market and pay full prices. Find out more here sheltersa.asn.au/latest-news/
LCA President (@lcapresident) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The rule of law holds all people to account equally, regardless of rank or station, and prevents the arbitrary use of power."

"The rule of law holds all people to account equally, regardless of rank or station, and prevents the arbitrary use of power."
South Australian Council of Social Service (@sacoss) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Renters are paying for: Cold homes. High bills. Poor health. SACOSS backs minimum energy standards for rentals to address this inequity. Submission here: sacoss.org.au/submission-to-… #RentersRights #EnergyJustice #HousingEquity #SACOSS

Renters are paying for: Cold homes. High bills. Poor health. SACOSS backs minimum energy standards for rentals to address this inequity. Submission here: sacoss.org.au/submission-to-…  
#RentersRights #EnergyJustice #HousingEquity #SACOSS
Legal Services Commission (@legalaidsa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Adults who lack legal decision-making capacity and children under the age of 18 can participate in legal proceedings with help from a litigation guardian. Learn more from the Law Handbook (lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch14s01s01.php) or call 1300 366 424 for free information and advice today.

Adults who lack legal decision-making capacity and children under the age of 18 can participate in legal proceedings with help from a litigation guardian. 

Learn more from the Law Handbook (lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/ch14s01s01.php) or call 1300 366 424 for free information and advice today.
Anti-Poverty Network SA (@antipovertyn_sa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join the Antipoverty Centre and Anti-Poverty Network SA for a critical briefing in Adelaide on the current state of the compulsory activities known as mutual obligations as the government faces a potential Robodebt-scale disaster. More info & RSVP: bit.ly/MOBriefing2507…

Join the <a href="/antipovertycent/">Antipoverty Centre</a>  and Anti-Poverty Network SA for a critical briefing in Adelaide on the current state of the compulsory activities known as mutual obligations as the government faces a potential Robodebt-scale disaster.

More info &amp; RSVP: bit.ly/MOBriefing2507…
Anti-Poverty Network SA (@antipovertyn_sa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join the Antipoverty Centre and Anti-Poverty Network SA for a critical briefing in Adelaide on the current state of the compulsory activities known as mutual obligations as the government faces a potential Robodebt-scale disaster. #mutualobligations NobodyDeservesPoverty

rightsnetworksa (@rightsnetworksa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Australia's human rights are sliding backwards, with a new report submitted to the United Nations from more than 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, human rights, legal, disability, refugee, LGBTIQA+ and climate organisations including the RRSNA.

Australia's human rights are sliding backwards, with a new report submitted to the United Nations from more than 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, human      rights, legal, disability, refugee, LGBTIQA+ and climate organisations including the RRSNA.
Human Rights Measurement Initiative (@rightsmetrics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗšŸ“½ļø WATCH | Is Australia reversing on human rights? HRMI's latest data on #Australia was referenced in Human Rights Law Centre's new interview with ABC Breakfast. Watch the segment here: youtu.be/NQAWxAc0kFE?si…

Laura Chung (@laura_r_chung) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Massive news out of The Hague this morning: The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations ⁦AFP News Agency⁩ rfi.fr/en/internation…

Jane McAdam (@profjmcadam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In this blog, I explain how the ICJ’s historic Advisory Opinion on Climate Change addresses displacement, international protection and ongoing statehood researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces/h…

Everybody's Home (@_everybodyshome) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rents are up 57% in a decade - and 34% in just 3 years. Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Perth: once affordable, now out of reach. The govt must build social housing at scale, end unfair investor tax breaks, strengthen renters' rights, & lift incomes for those doing it toughest!

Rents are up 57% in a decade - and 34% in just 3 years.
Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Perth: once affordable, now out of reach. 

The govt must build social housing at scale, end unfair investor tax breaks, strengthen renters' rights, &amp; lift incomes for those doing it toughest!
Law Council (@thelawcouncil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In a submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Law Council of Australia has warned that urgent action is required to address human rights violations in Australia. lawcouncil.au/media/media-re…

In a submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Law Council of Australia has warned that urgent action is required to address human rights violations in Australia. lawcouncil.au/media/media-re…
Australian Human Rights Commission (@aushumanrights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess is urging the Queensland Government to scrap plans to build more segregated schools or ā€˜special schools’. Commissioner Kayess wants the government to honour a commitment to the development of a National Roadmap for

Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess is urging the Queensland Government to scrap plans to build more segregated schools or ā€˜special schools’. 
 
Commissioner Kayess wants the government to honour a commitment to the development of a National Roadmap for
AU_LawyersAlliance (@austlawalliance) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are calling on Tasmanian Independent MPs to ensure a Human Rights Act is part of any negotiation with the major parties to form govt. Australia is one of only a few countries that does not protect human rights through a human rights law says Greg Barns SC themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/…

rightsnetworksa (@rightsnetworksa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out a great new blog on the politics of kindness and the need for a Human Rights Act for Australia from Dr Kris Klugman OAM from Civil Liberties Australia rightsnetworksa.com/post/the-polit…