Human Rights

A coalition of 56 Australian non-government organisations have called upon all Australian state and federal governments to adopt measures…

“We are talking about people who have already served time in custody for a crime they have committed. Subjecting…

The Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) recently released its review of Victorian police complaints investigation, the Audit of...

An appeal decision has been handed down in the Victorian Supreme Court which could set back Victoria Police efforts…

Professor Philip Alston delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s recent legislative response to perceived security issues. Titled “Could Australia…

Two young men from Flemington, Daniel Haile Michael and Maki Issa have been shortlisted for the Australian Human Rights…

Corrinna Horvath has recieved a welcome and a significant compensation from the State of Victoria along with an…

When it comes to police violence and misconduct Victoria’s laws protect police, not its citizens. The new Victoria…

Thirteen Victorian and Australian legal, human rights and civil society organisations have today called for a substantive response by…

The death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on Palm Island on November 19, 2004 and the protests that followed, ...

We continue to monitor and engage with the roll out of the commitments made by Victoria Police in the…

The Australian Lawyers Alliance’s highly regarded Victorian Civil Justice Award 2014 has been awarded to the Flemington and Kensington Community...

A powerful condemnation of the failure of Victoria’s laws to provide adequate remedies to victims of police violence has…

In a damning decision, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that remedying police violence requires Victoria to…