Advocacy, organised.

Refugee Rights Network in Thailand (RNT) Joint Submission Universal Periodic Review of Thailand

The campaign seeks to advance the rights and inclusion of refugees and other people in need of protection in the Asia Pacific region.

Led by Refugee Rights Network in Thailand

Global Refugee Statement – Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025

This campaign seeks to review progress related to the Global Refugee Forum 2025 and advance the rights and inclusion of refugees and other people in need of protection.

Led by APRRN

Upholding Not Undermining International Law Civil Society Open Letter to States

This campaign seeks to uphold international law, specifically advocating for states to adhere to it. It aims to advance the rights and inclusion of refugees and other people in need of protection.

Strategic Litigation Network for the Human Rights of People on the Move in Asia and the Pacific

This campaign seeks to advance the rights and inclusion of refugees and other people in need of protection in the Asia Pacific region. It aims to provide equal and adequate access to assistance and protection, and to timely durable solutions.

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

Tasmanian Youth Justice Reform

Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre; community-based alternatives

Led by Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service, Anglicare Tasmania

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"]

Free the Kids - End Child Imprisonment

End imprisonment of children under 14. Immediate moratorium on solitary confinement of children.

Led by Free the Kids Coalition, Aboriginal Legal Services, medical professionals

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"]

End Solitary Confinement of Children

Ban isolation and solitary confinement for all children in detention

Led by Human Rights Law Centre, OPCAT Network

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

National Preventive Mechanism Implementation

Full OPCAT implementation with independent detention monitoring in every state

Led by Australian Human Rights Commission, OPCAT Network Australia

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