GUEST SPEAKERS & TOPICS: THE CHINA TRIBUNAL – SUSIE HUGHES A UNITED NATIONS ISSUE – ELIZABETH EVATT AC A MODERN SLAVERY ISSUE – CAROLYN KITTO A LEGAL ISSUE, COMPLICITY – DR DAVID MATAS A BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE – DR. MARTIJN BOERSMA AN ETHICAL ISSUE – PROF WENDY ROGERS A MEDICAL ISSUE –…
Compassion, Not Commerce: An Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism (Download Full Report) Human Rights Sub-Committee House of Representatives Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (See Excerpts Below) Sub-Committee view 2.73 The Sub-Committee recognises the serious nature of the allegations made with regard to organ trafficking in China. The…
On Monday September 17 long time human rights advocate and expert on Asia democracy Louisa Greve gave a speech via video link entitled ‘The Uyghur Human Rights Crisis: What the Australian Government Can Do’ at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Greve joined a panel with human rights lawyer David Matas and human rights barrister Madeleine…
On June 22 2018 at Parliament House Australia, Wendy Rogers and Susie Hughes addressed the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. The Committee was asked to inquire into and report on The status of the human right to freedom of religion or belief. Below is ETAC’s presentation to the Senate Hearing (PDF…
SUBMISSION by EOP’s Australian Advocacy and Initiatives Committee (AAIC) AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INQUIRY – Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – The Status of the Human Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION Submission_TheStatusOfTheHumanBeingToFreedomOfReligionOrBelief_2017 Executive Summary The AAIC is grateful for the opportunity to make this submission and…
Professor Paul Macneill Honorary Professor, Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney Member of the EOP Australian Committee July 19, 2017 Earlier this year I was invited to a screening of “Hard to Believe”. “Hard to Believe” is a documentary film about executing Chinese prisoners and taking their organs to transplant them into other people…
Parliamentarians Against Forced Organ Harvesting (PAFOH), a new group created in Australia’s Parliamentary Friendship Groups whose purpose is to raise awareness among Parliamentarians of the issue of forced organ harvesting and transplant tourism across the world. Contact Persons: Senator John Madigan Mr Craig Kelly MP Co-Convenors John Madigan is a good man and an uncompromising…