The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Albanese Government to take stronger action on modern slavery and protections for migrant workers after the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery sounded the alarm in a new report.    

The Human Rights Law Centre has brought further legal proceedings on behalf of Tasmanian grandmother, Susan Neill-Fraser, to challenge a new restrictive parole condition.

The Albanese Government is being pushed to take the opportunity to enact stronger legal protections for whistleblowers and establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority, at a Parliamentary Inquiry today. 

Bail saves lives. The Allan Government's dangerous bail laws will harm First Nations people, lock people up, and condemn them to the damage and trauma of police and prison cells.

The United Nations’ Human Rights Committee has urgently requested the Albanese Government not to remove a man from Australia to Nauru, while the Committee investigates the human rights implications of the planned deportation.  

Australian Uyghurs are taking retail giant Kmart to court seeking documents to determine whether Kmart engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct about the use of Uyghur forced labour by some of its clothing suppliers.  

A coalition of over 150 NGOs have today released a report scrutinising Australia's human rights record, identifying critical human rights issues where Australia is falling short.

12 years ago former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a cruel announcement that inflicted mandatory offshore detention on people who came to Australia seeking safety.

NAAJA and the Human Rights Law Centre are supporting Kumanjayi Walker’s family’s calls for accountability and justice, after Coroner Elisabeth Armitage delivered her final report into Kumanjayi Walker’s death in Yuendumu this week. 

Racist and antisemitic attacks, such as the horrific arson attack on East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation have no place in our community. Every person has the right to practice their religion without fear of intimidation or vilification, and to be protected from acts of hate speech, racism and violence.  

Former RAAF airwoman Julia Delaforce represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, has broken her fifteen year silence on alleged wrongdoing and sexual abuse which was covered up by the Australian Defence Force.

The Human Rights Law Centre is reiterating calls for the Minns Government to repeal its draconian anti-protest laws, following the excessive use of force from NSW Police at a protest, resulting in one protester sustaining serious injuries.