Australia: Strengthen Human Rights Sanctions Process

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong (L) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting in Parliament House in Canberra, December 7, 2023. © 2023 Hilary Wardhaugh/AFP via Getty Images (Sydney) - The Australian government’s human rights sanctions process should be strengthened through better civil society engagement and bolder steps to sanction corrupt or rights-violating individuals and entities in Asia, Human Rights Watch said in a recent submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee. The Committee is currently…

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