The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and wide-ranging surveillance laws to be wound back.

A national, enforceable right to housing could help solve the housing crisis and provide safety, dignity and security to every person in Australia, according to a new report by the Human Rights Law Centre and and UTS Faculty of Law.

The Minns Government’s rushed laws will not address the rise of racial violence or far-right extremism in NSW.

Whistleblowers, transparency advocates and human rights groups have welcomed a push for an independent Whistleblower Protection Authority, with a landmark piece of legislation introduced to Federal Parliament today.   

The Albanese Government’s mandatory minimum sentences are not the right tool to protect people and communities from acts of hate and racism, says the Human Rights Law Centre.

Whistleblowers raising concerns about harmful digital platforms and holding technology companies to account will be supported by a new practical guide released by the Human Rights Law Centre, Reset Tech Australia, Psst and Digital Rights Watch. 

The Human Rights Law Centre condemns the violent, antisemitic attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on 6 December 2024.

Change the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre strongly condemn the Crisafulli Government for ramming through laws to lock up even more children in Queensland’s overcrowded and unsafe police watch houses and youth prisons. The laws will disproportionately imprison Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children with disabilities.

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.

Governments across Australia are being urged to enact comprehensive legislation to stop corporations, wealthy individuals and governments misusing Australia’s legal system, in a new report released by the Human Rights Law Centre today. 

Civil society groups and unions have welcomed proposed changes to strengthen Australia’s modern slavery law, including through the  introduction of penalties, but are calling on the Albanese Government to also introduce a legal requirement for companies to take action to prevent modern slavery.