Advocacy, organised.
12 campaigns across 14 issue areas. Filter by status or topic. Each entry is a playbook other organisers can borrow from.
- Western Australia, Australia· 2022active
WA Children in Adult Prisons Campaign
End practice of housing children at Unit 18 Casuarina adult prison
Led by Aboriginal Legal Service WA, Human Rights Watch
adult-prisonschildrenwestern-australia - Queensland, Australia· 2022active
End Watch Houses for Children QLD
Stop holding children in adult watch houses; build appropriate youth facilities
Led by Sisters Inside, Queensland Family and Child Commission
detentionqueenslandwatch-houses - Tasmania, Australia· 2021active
Tasmanian Youth Justice Reform
Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre; community-based alternatives
Led by Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service, Anglicare Tasmania
ashleydetentiontasmania - Australia (National)· 2021active
End Strip Searching of Children
["Ban routine strip searching of children in all jurisdictions","Implement body scanner technology","Independent monitoring of all strip searches"]
Led by ["National Children's Commissioner","Human Rights Law Centre","CREATE Foundation"]
detention-conditionshuman-rightsstrip-searching - Canada· 2020active
End Immigration Detention / #WelcomeToCanada
End use of provincial jails for immigration detention; broader detention reform
Led by Amnesty International Canada & Human Rights Watch with allies
asylumdetention-conditionsjail-userefugee - Australia (National)· 2020active
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch
["Independent investigation of all Aboriginal deaths in custody","Implementation of all 339 RCIADIC recommendations (only 64% fully implemented after 30+ years)","National justice target in Closing the Gap"]
Led by ["National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services","ANTaR","Change the Record"]
accountabilitydeaths-in-custodyrciadic - Australia (National)· 2019active
End Solitary Confinement of Children
Ban isolation and solitary confinement for all children in detention
Led by Human Rights Law Centre, OPCAT Network
detentionhuman-rightssolitary-confinement - United States· 2018active
Families Belong Together
End family separation and detention; reunify families; humane asylum policies
Led by National Domestic Workers Alliance with broad coalition
asylumchildrendetention-conditionsfamily-separationrefugee - Australia (National)· 2018active
National Custody Notification Service Expansion
Expand the NSW Custody Notification Service model (zero deaths in police cells) to all jurisdictions nationally.
Led by NATSILS, Aboriginal Legal Services, Change the Record
custody-notificationdeaths-in-custodyindigenous-rights - Australia - NT· 2016active
Close Don Dale Campaign
Close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre and replace with community-based therapeutic alternatives following Royal Commission.
Led by Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT, Human Rights Law Centre, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
detention-conditionsindigenous-rightsyouth-justice - Australia (National)· 1991active
Decriminalise Public Drunkenness
Decriminalise public intoxication nationally — #1 recommendation of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991). Still criminalised in QLD, WA, NT.
Led by Aboriginal Legal Services, Public Health Association, civil liberties groups
deaths-in-custodydecriminalisationindigenous-rights - Australia· 2016–2018concluded
#KidsOffNauru
Evacuate all children and families from Nauru offshore detention; end offshore detention for children
Led by Broad civil society incl. World Vision Australia; ARAN; media coalition
asylumchildrenoffshore-detentionrefugee