Your support in action at the ALP Conference

Last week, we headed to the Labor Party National Conference in Adelaide, the biggest political gathering in the country, where Labor politicians and members come together to shape policy priorities for the years ahead.

It was our opportunity to ensure human rights are part of those conversations - and thanks to your support, that's exactly what we did.

Our team spoke with hundreds of MPs and delegates about Amnesty Australia's Human Rights Agenda for the Albanese Government, and at our stall, we shared our campaign priorities for the years ahead: from ending the incarceration of First Nations children, to tackling climate change and respecting human rights, and calling for stronger leadership on global human rights issues related to China, Afghanistan, Myanmar, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and beyond.

We put our Human Rights Agenda directly into the hands of senior decision-makers, including Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Environment Minister Murray Watt and Minister for Multicultural Affairs and International Development Anne Aly.

But some of our most visible advocacy happened outside the Conference.

Across Adelaide, we ensured that the genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory could not be ignored. Our truck and building billboards, newspaper ads and action outside the conference called on Labor to act to help end ethnic cleansing in the Occupied West Bank and uphold international law.

And together, we achieved something significant. While the Conference fell short of recognising the genocide in Gaza, it adopted one of Labor's strongest statements yet on Palestine:

- It reaffirmed support for Palestinians' right to self-determination.
- It opposed the annexation of Palestinian territory and illegal settlements, backed the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
- It called for an end to discriminatory laws targeting Palestinians and demanded humanitarian access to Gaza.
- It urged further action against illegal settlement activity and extremist settler violence, and to implement further action and sanctions as necessary.

Our job now is to hold Labor accountable and ensure they implement the commitments they made at the conference.

Political change happens because thousands of people keep speaking up, keep showing up in spaces like the Labor Party Conference and refuse to let human rights be sidelined.

Thank you for standing with Amnesty and communities whose rights are under attack.

Your support helps ensure that even in difficult times, human rights remain on Australia's political agenda.

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people who take injustice personally. We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all - and we can only do it with your support.

Act now or learn more about our human rights work.