The Albanese Government has agreed to delay the deportation of a man to Nauru after he commenced legal proceedings on Friday. He is represented by the Human Rights Law Centre.
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The Human Rights Law Centre condemns the violent, antisemitic attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on 6 December 2024.
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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 addressing public safety risks, after a major independent investigation funded by the company confirmed life-threatening, ongoing social, environmental and human rights impacts from the mine.
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The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the Albanese Government announcement of plans to introduce a digital duty of care for social media platforms.
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A new joint report from the Human Rights Law Centre and the University of Melbourne: Prison to Deportation Pipeline has found that visa cancellations on ‘character grounds’ have increased tenfold in the last ten years.
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The Human Rights Law Centre calls on the Albanese Government to urgently reform whistleblower protection laws, after the High Court of Australia declined to hear tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle’s appeal.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Read MoreThe 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A national coalition of over 40 community legal centres, unions, business groups, and faith, welfare and human rights organisations welcome the federal government’s introduction of groundbreaking reforms to reduce widespread migrant worker exploitation.
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Eleven years after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the introduction of mandatory offshore processing, the Albanese Government must change course and provide thousands of people who have suffered for over a decade dignity, safety and freedom, said the Human Rights Law Centre today.
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