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Australia’s Proposed Sanctions For Human Rights Abuses

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The Australian government should examine the use of targeted sanctions to address human rights abuses abroad, especially against LGBTQI people.

That is the submission made by the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby (VGLRL)  to the  Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.

VGLRL has sought changes in the law that would make such sanctions possible. “The Lobby supports the use of targeted sanctions to address human rights abuses, as they are an effective tool to combat those that persecute LGBT people.

As outlined in our submission, we are calling on the Australian Government to sanction human rights abusers abroad,” Nevena Spirovska, Co-Convener, Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, told Star Observer.

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