Human Rights Issues Draw Action Across Four Countries

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The Law Society of New South Wales has urged lawmakers to establish a state Human Rights Act, arguing it would provide a coherent framework for protecting rights and build human rights considerations into laws, policies and public-sector decisions. Separately, Mississippi human-rights organizer Jaribu Hill is set to discuss the upcoming Southern Human Rights Organizers Conference and the killing of 1-year-old Cohen Wiley in an interview.

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