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Australia; Seek Justice for Myanmar Atrocities End Military Ties, Help Create Mechanism to Prepare Future Prosecutions
12 Sep, 2018
(September 11, 2018) – The Australian Government should immediately end military ties with Myanmar, Australia’s foremost international human rights and development organisations jointly said today...
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Targeted sanctions on Myanmar’s Generals first test for Pyne and Payne
28 Aug, 2018
Australia must impose targeted sanctions on Myanmar’s Generals who the UN has stated [1] should be... [1] https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23475&LangID=E
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ACFID Statement Following the Appointment of New Foreign Affairs Team
27 Aug, 2018
ACFID congratulates Senator the Hon Marise Payne and Senator the Hon Anne Ruston on their appointments as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Assistant Minister for International Development and the...
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ACFID Response to UK’s International Development Committee Report
31 Jul, 2018
Commenting on the publication of the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee report [1] into... [1] https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmintdev/840/840.pdf
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Australia Files First UN Report Card on Sustainability
15 Jun, 2018
CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, has responded to today’s launch of the Voluntary National Review (VNR) on Australia’s implementation of the UN’s...
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ACFID reacts to Foreign Minister’s comments at the Australian British Chamber of Commerce
14 Jun, 2018
CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, said: “This is very significant. The Foreign Minister has unambiguously expressed the need to increase Australia’s...
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Independent Review Begins into Prevention of Sexual Misconduct
24 May, 2018
An independent review has begun aimed at improving the practice and response of member organisations of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) in the prevention of sexual...
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Morally wrong and strategically short-sighted aid budget disappoints
09 May, 2018
With better than expected revenues the government has squandered the perfect opportunity to repair the beleaguered aid budget and instead delivered a blueprint that is “morally wrong and...