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Defending the right to protest
Our right to protest is fundamental to our democracy, but is under attack. The Human Rights Law Centre is fighting to protest protest through advocacy and strategic litigation.
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Defending whistleblowers
The Human Rights Law Centre is defending whistleblowers and advocating for law reform so that whistleblowers should be protected, not punished.
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Stopping human rights abuses for women and gender diverse people in Victorian prisons
We are scoping a new project with our partner FlatOut to help women and trans and gender diverse people in prison uphold their rights.
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Fighting for fairer access to the age pension for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Proud Wakka Wakka man Dennis brought a legal challenge calling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to access the age pension earlier, to account for the gap in life expectancy, supported by the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Human Rights Law Centre.
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Ensuring safety for people subjected to offshore detention
People seeking safety in Australia should be treated with dignity and respect, not banished to an offshore detention camp in another country. The Human Rights Law Centre continues to call for an end to this shameful policy.
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Ending the cruel separation of refugee families
Australia’s migration laws should aim to reunite people with their loved ones, not deliberately keep them apart. The Human Rights Law Centre advocates for an end to cruel migration policies that intentionally separate families.
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Advocating for pathways to permanency for migrants
Australia’s migration policies contain many structural barriers that prevent migrants from becoming permanent residents or citizens. The Human Rights Law Centre is advocating to change this.
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Protecting temporary migrants from workplace exploitation
Everyone who arrives in Australia deserves the same rights to basic healthcare, secure housing and dignity at work. But workplace exploitation is rife for people on temporary work visas in Australia. The Human Rights Law Centre led a coalition of 40 organisations who advocated for the world's first Workplace Justice Visa.
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Overturning indefinite immigration detention
From 2004 to 2023, the Australian Government was able to lock people up indefinitely because they did not have a visa.
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Successfully scrapping a racially discriminatory welfare program
Every person deserves a living wage for a hard day at work. But the Australian Government’s former Community Development Program (CDP) program denied access to basic rights to equality, work and income for people in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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Exposing the abuses of Don Dale
Australia’s human rights record under scrutiny through 2025-26 UN Universal Periodic Review
The Human Rights Law Centre is currently co-ordinating Australian civil society organisations to review and scrutinise Australia's human rights record in 2025-26.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Human Rights Law Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Cammeraygal, Darug, Wadawurrung, Turrbal and Jagera people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
WARNING: This site contains images or names of people who have passed away.