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RIGHTS RESOURCE NETWORK SA

Help Build A Fairer & More Compassionate Australia

Be part of a network of community organisations, legal professionals, academics and volunteers committed to improving human rights outcomes in South Australia.

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ABOUT US

The Rights Resource Network SA is a  collective of legal professionals, academics and volunteers committed to improving rights protection in South Australia through the exchange of information, consultation, campaigns and advocacy events.
 

Our members are passionate about providing a legal framework, professional support and industry experience to achieve social justice outcomes across our communities. 

The Rights Resource Network is proudly supported by the Law Foundation of South Australia.

Upcoming Events

  • Youth Change Makers Online Advocacy Workshop: From Idea to Action in 5 Key Steps
    Youth Change Makers Online Advocacy Workshop: From Idea to Action in 5 Key Steps
    Tue, 19 Mar
    Online via zoom
    19 Mar 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Online via zoom
    19 Mar 2024, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Online via zoom
    Are you between 10-25? Got a passion for social justice or an idea about how to change your community? Join Rights Advocate, Churchill Fellow and Associate Professor Dr Sarah Moulds for a free, online, interactive workshop on how to turn your passion for social justice into real change.
  • Time for a Human Rights Act for SA! Flagship Panel Event
    Time for a Human Rights Act for SA! Flagship Panel Event
    Wed, 14 Feb
    Adelaide
    14 Feb 2024, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    Adelaide, 259 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    14 Feb 2024, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    Adelaide, 259 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    We are so excited to be co-hosting a star studded in person event on 14 February 2024 involving former Victorian Attorney General and Human Rights Champion the Hon Rob Hulls and local star the Hon Catherine Branson AO KC.
  • Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for SA - Evening Session! Submission Writing Workshop
    Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for SA - Evening Session! Submission Writing Workshop
    Tue, 30 Jan
    via zoom
    30 Jan 2024, 8:00 pm – 31 Jan 2024, 9:30 pm
    via zoom
    30 Jan 2024, 8:00 pm – 31 Jan 2024, 9:30 pm
    via zoom
    Hello Friends! As you may have heard, the Social Development Committee is undertaking an inquiry into a Human Rights Act for SA. Submissions are due on 16 February 2024. We want to help you! join our Submission Writing Workshop - all welcome, special focus on economic and social rights
  • Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for SA - Submission Writing Workshop
    Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for SA - Submission Writing Workshop
    Wed, 17 Jan
    via zoom
    17 Jan 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ACDT
    via zoom
    17 Jan 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ACDT
    via zoom
    Hello Friends! As you may have heard, the Social Development Committee is undertaking an inquiry into a Human Rights Act for SA. Submissions are due on 16 February 2024. We want to help you! join our Submission Writing Workshop - all welcome, special focus on Voices of Victim Survivors
  • First Nations Voice and Human Rights in SA
    First Nations Voice and Human Rights in SA
    Fri, 01 Sept
    UniSA City West Campus & Online
    01 Sept 2023, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    UniSA City West Campus & Online, 61-68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    01 Sept 2023, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    UniSA City West Campus & Online, 61-68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    Please join the Rights Resource Network for a free lunchtime Workshop on how First Nations Voice reforms at the State and Federal level connect to human rights advocacy on the ground in South Australia. All welcome. In person and online options available. Speakers list to be released soon.
  • Charter of Human Rights Submission Writing Workshop
    Charter of Human Rights Submission Writing Workshop
    Fri, 26 May
    Via zoom
    26 May 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ACST
    Via zoom
    26 May 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ACST
    Via zoom
    This free, one-hour, online workshop is designed to support SA based community organisations and individuals to share their thoughts on why we need better human rights protection in SA and at federal level. Perfectly timed to make sure you can make a submission to the federal inquiry!
  • Time for Human Rights Act for SA! Workshop for Developing A Policy Position for your Organisation
    Time for Human Rights Act for SA! Workshop for Developing A Policy Position for your Organisation
    Fri, 31 Mar
    Online Workshop via Zoom
    31 Mar 2023, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm ACDT
    Online Workshop via Zoom
    31 Mar 2023, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm ACDT
    Online Workshop via Zoom
    This one hour online Workshop will provide practical advice and support for organisations keen to develop a policy position or public statement in favour of better human rights protection for South Australians
  • Ensuring a Sustainable CFS: Research Planning Event
    Ensuring a Sustainable CFS: Research Planning Event
    Fri, 10 Mar
    University of Adelaide & Online via zoom
    10 Mar 2023, 12:30 pm ACDT – 11 Mar 2023, 2:30 pm ACDT
    University of Adelaide & Online via zoom, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
    10 Mar 2023, 12:30 pm ACDT – 11 Mar 2023, 2:30 pm ACDT
    University of Adelaide & Online via zoom, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia
    Help design evidence based solutions to future-proof the CFS. Enhance your knowledge of the laws that apply to volunteers and community organisations.
  • A Human Rights Act for SA! Let's Make it Happen - Community Briefing Session
    A Human Rights Act for SA! Let's Make it Happen - Community Briefing Session
    Fri, 23 Sept
    via zoom
    23 Sept 2022, 12:00 pm – 24 Sept 2022, 2:00 pm
    via zoom
    23 Sept 2022, 12:00 pm – 24 Sept 2022, 2:00 pm
    via zoom
    Save the date for this important community briefing session about how to play a role in creating a Human Rights Act for SA - more details to come soon! You can read our Plan for a Human Rights Act for SA on our Resources Page
  • Raising the Bar Adelaide: 20 TALKS. 10 BARS. 1 NIGHT.
    Raising the Bar Adelaide: 20 TALKS. 10 BARS. 1 NIGHT.
    Tue, 09 Aug
    Stepney
    09 Aug 2022, 8:30 pm
    Stepney, 1 Magill Rd, Stepney SA 5069, Australia
    09 Aug 2022, 8:30 pm
    Stepney, 1 Magill Rd, Stepney SA 5069, Australia
    How we can Work Together to Secure Dignity and Empowerment for our Communities? This relaxed pub talk would set out what the key features of a Human Rights Act in South Australia would be, how it would work, and what difference it would make to the lives of every day South Australians.
  • International Human Rights Day Event.
    International Human Rights Day Event.
    Fri, 10 Dec
    Online Event
    10 Dec 2021, 9:30 am – 1:50 pm ACDT
    Online Event
    10 Dec 2021, 9:30 am – 1:50 pm ACDT
    Online Event
    DESIGNING A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA. This International Human Rights Day (10 December 2021) we will be bringing together the sharpest minds and most experienced community members to run a series of expert workshops. Nominations are now closed.
  • UniSA and PLPRU Symposium on Rights Implications of Government Responses to COVID-19 for South Australians
    UniSA and PLPRU Symposium on Rights Implications of Government Responses to COVID-19 for South Australians
    24 Nov 2021, 10:00 am
    online zoom event
    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Are you currently researching an aspect of a government response to COVID-19? Got lived experience on the rights impacts of these responses? Send us your 250 word abstract by COB 15 October 2021. Find out more - sarah.moulds@unisa.edu.au
  • Royal Commission into Aged Care: Rights Implications for South Australians
    Royal Commission into Aged Care: Rights Implications for South Australians
    Wed, 30 June
    Via Zoom RVSP to receive link
    30 June 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ACST
    Via Zoom RVSP to receive link
    30 June 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ACST
    Via Zoom RVSP to receive link
    This informal, interactive Workshop provides an overview of the key findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, with a focus on the rights implications of the Commission's recommendations for South Australians. Contributions from experts and community leaders. All welcome.
  • Brainstormer! Getting a Human Rights Framework onto the Agenda for 2022
    Brainstormer! Getting a Human Rights Framework onto the Agenda for 2022
    Wed, 26 May
    Online Workshop
    26 May 2021, 1:00 pm
    Online Workshop
    26 May 2021, 1:00 pm
    Online Workshop
    We want to hear from you about how we might work together to promote our common interest in advancing a human rights framework for South Australia. Zoom link https://unisa.zoom.us/j/88495036973?pwd=S04wOXc3cnBNVHg4eHptR2MrNFpVZz09
  • Volunteers 2021 Face to Face Catch Up
    Volunteers 2021 Face to Face Catch Up
    Thu, 18 Feb
    West Oak Hotel
    18 Feb 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ACDT
    West Oak Hotel, 208 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    18 Feb 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ACDT
    West Oak Hotel, 208 Hindley St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    Thank you for putting your hand up to volunteer with the Network. You are a champion of the highest order. Lets catch up over a beer and work out how to make this a WIN-WIN volunteer experience for you!
  • Workshop on Rights Implications of Children and Young People (Safety) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
    Workshop on Rights Implications of Children and Young People (Safety) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
    Thu, 18 Feb
    via zoom
    18 Feb 2021, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm ACDT
    via zoom
    18 Feb 2021, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm ACDT
    via zoom
    Join us to discuss the rights implications of the Children and Young People (Safety) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2020, focusing on the proposed extensive changes to the practice of adoption in South Australia. We are keen to make sure this Bill gets the scrutiny needed in Parliament.
  • Successful engagement with the South Australian Parliament: Navigating Parliamentary Practices
    Successful engagement with the South Australian Parliament: Navigating Parliamentary Practices
    Wed, 10 Feb
    via Zoom - details to be provided upon RSVP
    10 Feb 2021, 1:00 pm ACDT
    via Zoom - details to be provided upon RSVP
    10 Feb 2021, 1:00 pm ACDT
    via Zoom - details to be provided upon RSVP
    Presented by Natalie Young, Education Officer, SA Parliament and hosted by the Rights Resource Network SA, this will be a useful workshop for anyone who regularly tries to follow Bills and legislation through the parliamentary process, or those who plan to make submissions to committees.
  • Rights Resource Network Launch
    Rights Resource Network Launch
    Thu, 10 Dec
    Register to receive Zoom link
    10 Dec 2020, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Register to receive Zoom link
    10 Dec 2020, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Register to receive Zoom link
    Zoom Link here https://unisa.zoom.us/j/92894046127?pwd=TlJnYzl0SnFnaFJyWENsdzZ3eU50UT09 Password Password: 974671 An action-focused forum for rights advocates and researchers in recognition of International Human Rights Day and to celebrate the launch of The Rights Resource Network SA.

CURRENT INQUIRIES AND CAMPAIGNS

Access current planning, inquiries and campaigns submitted to parliament or government

Briefing on Rights Issues

BRIEFINGS ON RIGHTS ISSUES

Access key principles from Rights Issues Briefings in easy to read, easy to understand language.

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SEARCH OUR JOBS BOARD

Access our new jobs board where we match legal professionals, students and accademics with our community partners

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Increase Your Rights Experience

Gain valuable hands-on experience working with professional rights advocates and policymakers, whilst helping build a stronger human rights framework in South Australia. 

Improve your knowledge and make valuable professional connections to improve your employability. 

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Connect + Collaborate

Maximise existing resources, policy impact and outputs for clients and stakeholders through coalition building and sharing of information and resources.   

 

The network works to collaborate and connect our partners with experts, parliamentarians, senior government officials, academics, university students and other community organisations. 

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Improve Rights Outcomes

Raise your public profile as a leader on rights and policy issues whilst enhancing your professional networks and connections. 

 

Use your professional skills and passion for human rights to collaborate with community partners on rights and policy issues to positively impact the lives of vulnerable South Australians.

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