Human Rights Law
The work and advocacy of Indigenous community leader Theonila Roka Matbob in working towards securing justice and a clean-up of the Panguna mine in Bougainville has been recognised with a 2026 Goldman...
Public housing tenants from a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community are taking the Territory government to court for "failing" to provide safe housing during extreme heat.
Australia's human rights framework — which allows children as young as 10 to be incarcerated in most jurisdictions — has been sharply criticised by the international community, with critic...
Victoria Police's decision to declare the entire Melbourne CBD a "designated area" — granting officers expanded warrantless stop-and-search powers — was unlawful, the Federal Court has rul...
A legal challenge to Victoria Police's decision to declare the entire Melbourne CBD a "designated area" — granting officers expanded warrantless stop-and-search powers — will proceed, desp...
A coalition of Indigenous and legal organisations has criticised Victoria's proposed second tranche of bail reforms, calling it a politically motivated "tough on crime" response that targets marginali...
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A new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council has found persistent failures by Australian governments to implement recommendations from royal commissions and coronial inquests are...
With the ACT becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 on Tuesday, Indigenous legal groups say it stands in stark contrast to regressive poli...
A coalition of justice groups has warned the second tranche of Victoria's bail law reforms, due to be introduced to Parliament in July, is a disaster waiting to happen.
Aboriginal leaders are calling on the United Nations to take urgent action to address Australia's "discriminatory and punitive youth justice policies", due to "serious violations of the human rights o...
Victorian Police will have "almost unlimited powers" to stop-and-frisk people in designated areas, "target and harass" protestors and "continue the over-policing of racially marginalised groups" under...
A protest against new "Trumpian" bail laws will be held in front of Victorian Parliament on Tuesday afternoon as Indigenous, legal, and human rights groups continue to condemn laws they say will only...