Civil rights priorities
We protect and advance civil rights to ensure equitable opportunities and fair protection under the law.
We expose and challenge discriminatory and unlawful policing practices, inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, and harsh conditions in youth detention. We advocate for the proven alternatives to detention and incarceration that will make our communities safer.
We work collaboratively with people and communities affected by injustice and discrimination, to protect their rights, drive law and policy reform and build community power.
News and publications
NIT: ‘Abuse, restraint and isolation’: Campaign pushes national minimum…
CEO Jonathon Hunyor spoke of the harms caused by criminalising children.
NIT: Indigenous children spending months in detention without sentence, new data shows
Legal advice we obtained shows that the Australian Government could act to stop state and territory…
news.com.au: Push for ‘anytime, anywhere’ knife search powers for NSW Police
We highlighted a lack of evidence that knife wanding by police reduces crime.
Submission on mental health and policing interactions in NSW
We called for health professionals, not police, to respond to mental health incidents.
‘Beyond imagination’: a new report exposes mistreatment in Australian immigration…
Our new report shares first-hand accounts of excessive and unlawful handcuffing in immigration detention.
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal…
We make recommendations to the Commonwealth Government to tackle systemic racism in Government systems.