Submission to the Australian National Human Rights Consultation
Our submission on the Australian National Human Rights Consultation.
Anti-discrimination (page 13 of 13)
For an introduction to these issues, see our page on discrimination
Non-therapeutic male circumcision: when surgery on newborns is a crime
From the Sydney Morning Herald of 3rd June, this report by Andrew Darby: Routine operation may be a crime Once routine, now often thought unkind, the cut may also be illegal. Parental consent might not be enough to protect the circumcisers of baby boys from later legal action. In a rare legal analysis of the…
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AHRC “Sex Files” concluding paper released
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released Sex Files: the legal recognition of sex in documents and government records. This is our response.
A human rights investigation into the medical “normalization” of intersex people
Intersex people are often asked to justify why intersex newborns should not be “normalised” – our genitals surgically made to resemble those of other people. This report, the result of a series of hearings by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, gives some very good testimony against non-consensual genital surgery on infants, from intersex people…
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Submission to AHRC Project: Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st Century
Our submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to its inquiry on Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st Century.
Human rights for intersex people
Recently there has been a flurry of activity on human rights in Australia: The Human Rights Commissioner has finalized his report into same sex relationships and is in the process of finalizing his Sex & Gender Diversity report. The federal government has appointed four eminent persons to conduct community consultations on Human Rights issues and report…
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