Victoria’s Conversion Therapy Bill ‘Inconsistent’ With Human Rights Charter: Australian Law Firm

Victoria’s Conversion Therapy Bill ‘Inconsistent’ With Human Rights Charter: Australian Law Firm
The Parliament of Victoria's upper house on Nov. 3, 2017. in Melbourne, Australia. Michael Dodge/Getty Images
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Victoria’s Conversion Therapy Bill explicitly targets Christian sexual ethics and places “unjustifiable limits” on fundamental rights and freedoms, an Australian law firm has said.

In a report (pdf) published by the Coalition Against Unsafe Sexual Education (CAUSE), the Human Rights Law Alliance, a conservative non-for-profit law firm, analysed 8 sections of Victoria’s Human Rights Charter which the conversion therapy bill potentially breaches.
Henry Jom
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Henry Jom is a reporter for The Epoch Times, Australia, covering a range of topics, including medicolegal, health, political, and business-related issues. He has a background in the rehabilitation sciences and is currently completing a postgraduate degree in law. Henry can be contacted at [email protected]
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