The Albanese Government must urgently reform whistleblower protection laws and establish a whistleblower protection authority after tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle’s appeal was dismissed.

The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Allan Government to be brave in transforming Victoria’s youth justice system, with the Youth Justice Bill 2024 introduced into the Victorian Parliament.

A coalition of 104 civil society organisations have welcomed the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights call for an Australian Human Rights Act as an important step forward towards a fairer, more compassionate Australia.

The family of Warlpiri and Luritja teenager Kumanjayi Walker are calling for truth, accountability and justice, after the coronial inquest into the police shooting death of Kumanjayi concluded its evidence yesterday.

Civil society groups and unions have welcomed the Albanese Government’s establishment of an Anti-Slavery Commissioner, but urged the Government to strengthen the Commissioner’s powers and resourcing.

Formerly incarcerated women, trans and gender diverse people alongside Flat Out and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling for governments across the country to permanently prohibit the practice of strip searching people in Australian prisons.

Civil society groups have expressed grave concern and alarm after military whistleblower David McBride was sentenced to almost six years’ imprisonment in the ACT Supreme Court. 

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the Australian Government’s ongoing detention of people who cannot be forced to return to their country of citizenship, meaning that up to 200 people may remain indefinitely detained, said the Human Rights Law Centre today.

The Minns Government must protect the right to peaceful protest in NSW and scrap draconian anti-protest laws, said the Human Rights Law Centre.

The Human Rights Law Centre has condemned the Albanese Government for jeopardising the freedom and safety of thousands of people in the Australian community.

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Albanese Government to appoint an independent regulator to hold social media platforms accountable, after a new report by Reset.Tech Australia found that Australia's voluntary regulatory framework for big tech companies is failing.

Communities affected by pollution from Rio Tinto’s former Panguna mine on Bougainville, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre are calling for the company to commit to funding long-term solutions so people can live safely on their land again.