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
ABC: Moree crime rates falling but residents say drone use is overreach
Principal Solicitor Jonathan Hall Spence said lack of oversight of police drone use poses legal and privacy…
Submission to the NSW Inquiry on the Human Rights Bill 2025
Our submission highlights how human rights in NSW are not adequately protected, and provides case…
Submission to the inquiry into Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting Shackling During Childbirth)…
We expressed our support for the Bill, which seeks to prohibit the use of restraints on people in custody…
Submission to the inquiry into the Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of…
Our submission supports the Bill, which seeks to prohibit the strip searching of children under the age of…
Submission to Inciting Racial Hatred Parliamentary Inquiry
Our short submission to the statutory Review of Division 8A of Part 3A of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) makes…
NSW police settle trespass case after visiting Indigenous children’s home 150 times in…
We settled cases alleging trespass by NSW Police for two mothers who endured relentless police attendances…