Advocacy, organised.
10 campaigns across 14 issue areas. Filter by status or topic. Each entry is a playbook other organisers can borrow from.
- Australia· 2023active
Refugees Off PNG & Nauru - ARAN
Relocate remaining refugees from PNG/Nauru to safety in Australia or third countries
Led by Australian Refugee Action Network (ARAN) & partners
asylumoffshore-detentionrefugeeresettlement - 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 - 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 - Tasmania, Australia· 2021active
Tasmanian Youth Justice Reform
Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre; community-based alternatives
Led by Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service, Anglicare Tasmania
ashleydetentiontasmania - 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· 2019active
#GameOver
End indefinite offshore detention; secure resettlement incl. NZ deal; permanent safety for people held offshore/APODs
Led by Amnesty International Australia with Craig Foster; sports & arts allies
asylumoffshore-detentionrefugeeresettlement - 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 - 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· 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