Human Rights Law
Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced bills to Federal Parliament to end two harmful practices in criminal legal systems across Australia: the strip searching of children and the shackling of people dur...
Australia's response to international scrutiny of its human rights record has been condemned by Indigenous legal advocates, who say the federal government is ignoring mounting evidence of systemic rac...
On Wednesday, July 8, the Northern Territory Legislative Scrutiny Committee will table its final report on the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment (Every Child Matters) Bill 2026 (NT...
The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...
Ten Australians have filed a legal case with the United Nations claiming Australia' federal government is violating their human rights by continuing to support coal and gas companies to fuel climate e...
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...