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EDO is very supportive of Petition 32-21 (No Rights Without Remedy), which proposes to amend the ACT’s Human Rights Act to introduce an informal and accessible human rights complaint mechanism. Our submission analyses the Human Rights Act from an environmental perspective, identifies 5 main barriers to access to justice under the current Act, and makes 13 recommendations to improve access to justice for human rights matters in the ACT.
