Australia's journalists and whistleblowers are under increasing threat and urgently need better legal protections, the Human Rights Law Centre has advised in a submission to a Senate inquiry examining free speech and press freedom.

There has been a dramatic increase in support for a Charter of Human Rights compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, new data reveals.

The Human Rights Law Centre criticised the lack of an open, merit-based process for the appointment of Australia’s newest Human Rights Commissioner. It called on the Morrison government to commit to public, independent merit-based selection processes for Australian Human Rights Commission appointments.

Newly obtained data shows that, over a 7-month period, women in Tasmanian jails were subjected to 841 strip searches. Just 3 items were found as a result of the invasive searches.

Community Legal Services across Australia have announced their support for the call made by the Afghan Australian Advocacy Network for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to take action for Afghanistan.

The Morrison Government has today rushed through a new law creating sweeping surveillance powers, ignoring crucial recommendations of the bipartisan Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security that stronger safeguards are needed to protect the privacy of all Australians.

The Andrews government should use the inquiry into Victoria’s criminal justice system as the catalyst to finally end mass imprisonment, the Human Rights Law Centre will argue in its evidence to the inquiry.

The Australian Senate has voted to ban the importation of any goods made with forced labour into Australia.

Human rights, Uyghur organisations and trade unions are calling on the Australian Senate to back legislation banning the importation of goods made with forced labour.

The Human Rights Law Centre warns of the human rights risks of mandating vaccines outside of high-risk areas and called for greater focus on supply and voluntary measures.

The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS) recent report on the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 and called on the Morrison government to significantly amend the Bill in line with the Committee’s recommendations.

The safety and privacy of people seeking reproductive healthcare will now be protected in law across Australia after the Western Australian Parliament passed legislation to create safe access zones around abortion service