Community Legal Centres have been working for more than 30 years to advance human rights and social justice. The Community Legal Centres Queensland Human Rights and Social Justice Policies provide a snapshot of the diversity of community legal centres' policy work and an insight into the relevance of social justice and human rights for our communities. It also guides the work that Community Legal Centres Queensland does in advocating for increased human rights protections and laws and practices that are socially just.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are entitled to the same legal rights as the non-Indigenous population of Australia and to equality... > more
Access to Justice
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that:
all people, regardless of their background or present circumstances, should be able to access sufficient assistance (legal or non-legal) to enable... > more
Children and Young People
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that children and young people are fully entitled to respect for their human rights.
Community Legal Centres Queensland supports the United Nations... > more
Civil liberties
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that civil liberties are essential to protect and enrich democratic societies.
Community Legal Centres Queensland supports the United Nations Universal... > more
Consumer credit, debt and insurance
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that there is a need for transparency in dealings with consumers in the areas of credit and insurance in order that they are not put at risk of falling... > more
Coronial inquiries
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that transparency is essential in ascertaining the details of an individual’s death, both for the individual’s family and for public awareness.
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Discrimination
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that all unfair forms of discrimination are unacceptable and that all individuals are entitled to equal rights and treatment.
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Domestic and family violence
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that domestic and family violence are not acceptable and must be prevented.
Community Legal Centres Queensland supports the United Nations Declaration on... > more
Emerging technologies
Listed below are a range of research papers, submissions, news articles and items of interest that provide additional information on this subject area. > more
Employment
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that workers should be treated fairly and equally, particularly in the areas of pay, dismissal and working conditions.
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Environment
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that environmental protection and social justice are interconnected, a healthy environment being essential to life and its quality.
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Family and child support
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that family law and child support systems should exist to assist equally all members of the family group and refrains from alienating individuals. ... > more
Funding for Community Legal Centres
Listed below are a range of research papers, submissions, news articles and items of interest that provide additional information on this subject area. > more
Housing and tenancy
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that security of housing, as well as being a human right in itself, is fundamental to the achievement of many other basic entitlements. Enjoyment of... > more
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Intersex
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Human beings of all sexual orientations and gender identities are entitled to the full... > more
Mental health
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that all individuals with a mental illness should have access to treatment and should be able to enjoy a meaningful life in which they are able to... > more
People with disability
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that people with a disability are entitled to the fulfilment of the same rights as every other individual.
Community Legal Centres Queensland supports the... > more
Policing
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that police, as repositories of state power, have a responsibility to fulfil their role in society with equal respect for the rights of all individuals... > more
Prisons
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that incarcerated persons are in danger of not being fully accorded their human rights, and as such require additional protection.
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Public space
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that public space should be a resource that all people are and feel welcome to use, with respect for the right of others to use it as well.
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Refugee, citizenship and immigration
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that Australia has a responsibility to facilitate the right to asylum of individuals with a well-founded fear of persecution or similarly serious threats... > more
Seniors
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that an individual’s entitlement to human rights does not deteriorate with age but rather that these rights require protection at all stages of life.... > more
Social security/welfare rights
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes in the human right of all people in need to an adequate level of income support, protected by law and notes that the right to social security is enshrined... > more
Veterans
Resources for veterans, active military personnel and their families
LawHelp Interactive hosts online forms created specifically for veterans and active military and their families. The forms have... > more
Victims of crime
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that victims of crime should be supported, be treated with respect, and play an appropriate role in the criminal justice process.
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Women
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that women have the right to equality of opportunity and outcome with their male counterparts and that gender-based discrimination against women is... > more
Youth Justice
Community Legal Centres Queensland believes that children and young people are fully entitled to respect for their human rights.
Community Legal Centres Queensland supports the United Nations... > more
