For 94 days refugee community members and activists, together with their allies, have camped in front of government offices demanding visa equality for people failed by the former Coalition Government’s broken ‘fast track’ refugee processing system. After a decade of limbo, they are calling for permanent visas to ensure safe futures for themselves and their families.  

Communities living with the ongoing devastation from Rio Tinto’s former Panguna mine in Bougainville are calling on the company to commit to funding remediation and long-term solutions, after the initial results of a major independent environmental and human rights impact assessment of the mine undertaken by Tetra Tech Coffey were presented back to communities.

As the war in Israel and Palestine enters its second year and spreads throughout the surrounding region, the Human Rights Law Centre mourns the unthinkable scale of destruction and loss of life.

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Albanese Government to step in and stop big tech regulating itself to combat the misinformation and disinformation poisoning Australia’s democracy, as part of a new report: Rights-First: Principles for Digital Platform Regulation. 

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the NSW Police Commissioner to drop Supreme Court applications which could stop people gathering peacefully for a pro-Palestinian rally and candlelight vigil. 

The Human Rights Law Centre will appear before a Parliamentary Inquiry today to call on the Minns Government to make voting more accessible and lower the voting age to 16 for state elections.

The ACT Parliament’s passage of legislation enshrining the right to a healthy environment is a watershed moment in human rights and environmental law in Australia, according to the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) and the Human Rights Law Centre.

The Human Rights Law Centre says the Allan Government has missed an opportunity to get youth justice reform right, after the Victorian Parliament passed the Youth Justice Bill.

The Human Rights Law Centre has denounced Premier Allan for breaking a promise to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027 in Victoria.

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on all parties in the 2024 NT election to address the NT’s imprisonment crisis and invest in community-led, self-determined solutions which build a better future for everyone.

The Human Rights Law Centre has urged the Albanese Government to implement strong laws which protect people from the insidious harm caused by big tech platforms such as Meta, X, and Google.

The Victorian Parliament has an historic opportunity to set up a future where every child grows up in school, has a safe home to live in and is supported to learn from their mistakes with their family and communities.