! Nomination for Position on National Committee (Nominations from new members and from all states and territories are encouraged) I, Claire Hammerton (full name) of [witheld] (address) Phone/e-mail [witheld] (contact details) nominate for the position of: Ordinary Member (President, Treasurer, Secretary, Ordinary Member) If Ordinary Member, which subcommittee: Refugee Sub-Committee …………………………………… ! of the National Committee of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Incorporated. Signed by nominator (may be nominee) 8 April 2015 Date Please set out below a (very short) bio, a brief summary of your reasons for wishing to be elected to the National Committee and describe what you believe you are able to contribute. If you are nominating for an ordinary member position please outline your experience or expertise in the subcommittee area chosen. Please also outline briefly your plans for the year ahead as chair of the subcommittee: Short Bio I have degrees in Arts and Law from UNSW and a Masters of Laws specialising in international human rights law from Columbia University. I have worked in the human rights field for a decade for a range of organisations in Australia and overseas including UN Women, the International Crimes Evidence Project and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council. I am currently a Human Rights Fellow with UN Women Nepal as well as being Campaign Coordinator of ChilOut (Children Out of Immigration Detention). I have been engaged in a range of human rights advocacy domestically and internationally including appearing before the UN Child Rights Committee. Reasons for wishing to be elected to National Committee I have been on ALHR’s National Committee for approximately 9 months which has included coordinating ALHR’s Refugee Sub-Committee. In this role, I established a Sub-Committee of more than 70 members and compiled a comprehensive work plan to actively engage as many members of the SubCommittee as possible. We hold meetings everyone two months and regularly communicate by email. During this time, we have produced several media releases and submissions to both national and international bodies. We are currently looking to organise awareness-raising events. What I am able to contribute Australia has been sliding backwards when it comes to its treatment of asylum seekers and refugees and respect for basic human rights of these people. In this sense, there continues to be an enormous amount of work for the Refugee Sub-Committee to engage in and I would like to continue my coordination of this group. I would like to ensure that we continue to implement the proposed activities outlined in our work plan. As well as having extensive knowledge of refugee law in Australia, I am also very well organised and have existing positive relationships with the members of the Sub-Committee. For this reason, I would like to contribute to ALHR by continuing to coordinate this group including drafting more submissions and media releases and engaging in a range of other activities to pursue greater human rights for asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. If you have any queries about the roles and responsibilities of office bearers and committee members, contact the current ALHR executive on [email protected] Nominations must be delivered to: By post: Secretary, ALHR PO Box A147 Sydney South NSW 1235 By e-mail: [email protected] Nominations must be received by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, 8 April 2015. (No late nominations will be accepted.) The name of nominees, their state or territory of residence, the position to which they are nominating and their summary of reasons will be sent to all members to enable them to cast an informed vote. Please note: only members of ALHR may nominate for a position NB: If you wish to become more involved in ALHR, but do not wish to nominate for the National Committee, please consider becoming involved in your State Committee.