Andrews Government must fix laws to stamp out racist attacks

The Human Rights Law Centre - along with the Asian Australian Alliance, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Get Up!, the Anti Defamation Commission and the Victorian Trades Hall Council - have made a joint supplementary submission to Victorian Government’s Inquiry into Anti-Vilification Protections.

The supplementary submission highlights the rise in racially motivated incidents targeting people from Asian backgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for a range of law reform measures, including stronger civil and criminal laws, so that people are held accountable for conduct fuelled by hate. 

Read a copy of the joint supplementary submission: Pre-Committee Version here.