ECAJ submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities.

The ECAJ’s sub­mis­sion repeated its call for a judicial inquiry into antisemitism at Aus­trali­an uni­ver­sit­ies, saying:

We remain of the view that a judicial inquiry into antisemitism at Aus­trali­an uni­ver­sit­ies is necessary and urgent for all the reasons set out in our sub­mis­sion to the Senate Inquiry. However, in the interim we seek to improve the cir­cum­stances of Jewish staff and students at uni­ver­sit­ies by assisting your Committee with practical recom­mend­a­tions for immediate adoption.

The ECAJ’s sub­mis­sion is divided into the following sections:

1. The con­tem­por­ary reality of antisemitic activity at Aus­trali­an uni­ver­sit­ies
2. Uni­ver­sity frame­works for pre­vent­ing and respond­ing to, antisemitism at uni­ver­sit­ies,
   including laws, rules, policies and other measures to protect the safety and wellbeing
   of students, staff and academics
3. The effect­ive­ness and adequacy of those frame­works
4. The support provided to students, staff and academics exper­i­en­cing antisemitism at
   uni­ver­sit­ies
5. Inter­na­tion­al exper­i­ences and best practices in dealing with antisemitic activity at
   uni­ver­sit­ies

• Con­clu­sion
• Appendix – List of recom­mend­a­tions

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•  ECAJ sub­mis­sion to Par­lia­ment­ary Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into Antisemitism at Aus­trali­an Uni­ver­sit­ies (PDF: 1.96MB)

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