Submission to the New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry
Members of our network recently authored and endorsed this submission about the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in New South Wales to Committee on Community Services inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2025.
Written by:
Associate Professor Cristy Clark, Monash University Faculty of Law
Dr. Lisa Ewenson, UTS Faculty of Law
Professor Beth Goldblatt, UTS Faculty of Law
Professor Jessie Hohmann, UTS Faculty of Law
Professor Lucas Lixinski, UNSW Faculty of Law
Dr. Gerald Roche, La Trobe University Department of Languages & Cultures
Dr. Laura Smith-Khan, UNE School of Law
Associate Professor Genevieve Wilkinson, UTS Faculty of Law
Professor Philip Alston, New York University School of Law
Hon Kevin Bell AO KC, Monash University
Dr. Lisa Billington, University of Technology Sydney
Dr. David Birchall, Macquarie University
Emeritus Professor Andrew Byrnes, UNSW Sydney
Associate Professor Julia Dehm, La Trobe University
Associate Professor Sara Dehm, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Associate Professor Brad Jessup Monash University
Professor Sarah Joseph, Griffith University
Associate Professor Joanna Kyriakakis, Monash University
Professor Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney
Adjunct Professor John R Morss, La Trobe University
Professor Justine Nolan, UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute
Erlis Nurbani, University of New England
Professor Melanie O'Brien, University of Western Australia Law School
Associate Professor Erin O'Donnell, University of Melbourne
Dr. Shahid Rizwan, GCUF
Dr. Abida Sultana, University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Law
Dr. Andy Symington, Australian Human Rights Institute
Endorsed by
Recommendations
Recommendation 1: Include fully justiciable economic, social and cultural rights for individuals in a new NSW Human Rights Act, using the clearly articulated international law, standards, and jurisprudence to guide ongoing development and interpretation.
Recommendation 2: Consider including an interpretive provision similar to section 31 of the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) to guide the interpretation of the rights contained in a new NSW Human Rights Act.
Recommendation 3: Appoint an advisory panel to the NSW Parliament to serve as an integral part of the human rights scrutiny of bills before the NSW Parliament, along the lines of the Human Rights Act 2019 (QLD).