The Human Rights Law Centre supports Treaty and recognises that sovereignty in Victoria and across the country has never been ceded by First Nations people.  

The Human Rights Law Centre has raised serious concerns about the violent arrest of Hannah Thomas and the wider erosion of protest rights in NSW, to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organisations, including the Human Rights Law Centre stands in solidarity with Al-Haq, a Palestinian organisation of human right defenders which has been sanctioned by the US Government.

The Albanese Government has today rushed through new laws that strip people of their fundamental legal rights and protections and pave the way for the mass deportation of migrants and refugees. 

The High Court has today upheld the visa cancellation of a man who has been fighting the threat of permanent deportation to Nauru. 

The Albanese Government’s announcement on the next phase of public sector whistleblowing reform is a positive step forward for protecting and supporting whistleblowers. 

The Human Rights Law Centre strongly condemns the neo-Nazi violence towards First Nations people and the racial vilification of migrant and refugee communities on 31 August.  

Whistleblower Richard Boyle’s sentencing is another dark day for democracy, and shows that the Albanese Government must urgently act on whistleblowing reform. 

Human rights organisations have condemned the Government’s Home Affairs legislation tabled in Parliament this week, as yet another baseless attack on the rights of migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum.

The Human Rights Law Centre has slammed the Allan Government for passing laws that will put more First Nations people behind bars, harm families and communities, and condemn more people to the damage and trauma of police and prison cells.  

Women who blow the whistle are vital to exposing wrongdoing but are paying a heavy price for their courage, according to a new report released by the Human Rights Law Centre.

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.