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Posts in Focus Area - Indigenous rights

Breaking the cycle of Aboriginal over-imprisonment - audio now available

The HRLC's Ben Schokman and Meena Singh from VALS discuss the need to reduce Aboriginal imprisonment by pursuing smarter policies that treat the causes of crime, not just the symptoms. Facilitated by RN Drive’s Patricia Karvelas.

2015 Events, Events, Focus Area - Indigenous rights, Prisoners, ResourcesMichelleBennett5 May 2015

HRLC statement to the 28th session of the Human Rights Council

The Human Rights Law Centre statement to the UN Human Rights Council highlighting concerns about Australia’s growing hostility to the UN as well as regression in key areas, including the recent attacks on the independence and functioning of the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Focus Area - Detainee rights, Focus Area - Indigenous rights, Focus Area - United Nations, International human rights mechanisms, Refugees and asylum seekers, ResourcesMichelleBennett21 March 2015

Need to address Victoria’s soaring imprisonment rates, HRLC tells Victorian Ombudsman

The Victorian Government should implement justice policies aimed at reducing Victoria’s soaring imprisonment rates, the Human Rights Law Centre has today recommended in a submission to the Victorian Ombudsman’s Discussion Paper on prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration.

Focus Area - Detainee rights, Focus Area - Indigenous rights, News, PrisonersMichelleBennett20 January 2015