The Co-opting of Human Rights Language
As human rights-based organisations, we are calling out the COVID “anti-lock down movement” for its dangerous co-opting of human rights frameworks and language. The “anti-lockdown movement” uses words...
September 30, 202103
Impacts on Weapons Use by Victoria Police
The Police Accountability Project (PAP) condemns the use of new weaponry and the rising militarisation of Victoria Police. We express concern about the oppressive policing of demonstrations generally. On Saturday 21st...
August 26, 2021
What’s wrong with risk?
Leanne Weber Risk factors, risk assessment and risk-based predictions dominate public discussion these days across a range of policy areas from the economy to...
August 12, 2021
Victoria takes another cautious step toward independent investigations
We finally have a formal government response to the joint parliamentary IBAC Committee’s Inquiry into the external oversight of…
May 21, 2021
