The Human Rights Law Centre today criticised the use of restraining orders by Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill, which silence climate activists.  

From August 22 to 25, 2023, human rights organizations from different countries carried out an independent international mission in the Province of Jujuy in response to the serious news of possible human rights violations within the framework of the recent provincial constitutional reform process.

The Human Rights Law Centre have welcomed the draft Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 (Cth) as a positive step toward regulating social media platforms, which profit from the spread of dangerous disinformation. 

Despite committing to whistleblower protections for migrant worker exploitations, the Albanese Government’s proposal will fail to protect exploited workers from visa cancellation, according to migrant workers and migrant rights experts. 

Thousands of people will continue to be senselessly funnelled into Victoria’s prisons by the Andrews Government under deferred proposed changes to bail laws, according to the Human Rights Law Centre.

Private security firm G4S and the Australian government have settled civil proceedings with the parents of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati who was killed during the 2014 Manus Island riots.

The Human Rights Law Centre is participating as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in a landmark appeal as part of the ongoing unjust prosecution of whistleblower Richard Boyle.

The Western Australian Parliament has a unique opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to the health and equality of women and all people who experience pregnancy by bringing the state’s outdated abortion laws into line with other Australian states and territories.

The Albanese Government can create a lasting legacy by introducing an Australian Charter of Human Rights to ensure that dignity, equality and respect guide all government laws and decision-making, the Human Rights Law Centre has told a Joint Parliamentary Committee.

The #OurDemocracy alliance, welcomed Kate Chaney MP’s positive step towards shining a light on secret donations in introducing the Restoring Trust Bill, which proposes thirteen changes to electoral and political donation laws to bolster democratic integrity and rebuild public trust in the electoral process.

The Migrant Workers Centre, Unions NSW, the Human Rights Law Centre, Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, and Migrant Justice Institute have set out the roadmap for strong and robust visa protections for migrant workers in a new report: Not Just Numbers: A Blueprint of Visa Protections for Temporary Migrant Workers.

A coalition of Aboriginal, community, justice and human rights organisations says that as new NT laws to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years come into effect today, there is an urgent need for the NT Government to work with Aboriginal communities and organisations to ensure supports and services are available when and where children need them.