Advocacy, organised.
18 campaigns across 14 issue areas. Filter by status or topic. Each entry is a playbook other organisers can borrow from.
- Queensland, Australia· 2023active
Free the Kids QLD
["End watch house detention of children","Raise age of criminal responsibility to 14","Repeal breach of bail laws"]
Led by ["Sisters Inside","Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak","Youth Advocacy Centre"]
indigenous-rightsqldyouth-justice - 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 - 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 - Australia (National)· 2020active
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
Build national network of justice reinvestment sites. Scale Maranguka model. Create national evidence base for community-controlled alternatives.
Led by Just Reinvest NSW, Australian Red Cross, various Aboriginal organisations
community-ledjustice-reinvestmentnational-network - 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 - NSW· 2019active
Justice Reinvestment - Mt Druitt
Apply justice reinvestment principles in Mt Druitt/Western Sydney. Redirect spending from youth incarceration to community programs.
Led by Western Sydney University, Marist180, local Aboriginal orgs
community-ledjustice-reinvestmentyouth-justice - Australia (National)· 2019active
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
["Scale Maranguka model nationally","Redirect 20% of detention spending to community programs","Aboriginal community control of justice funding"]
Led by ["Just Reinvest NSW","ANTaR","Maranguka"]
funding-reformjustice-reinvestmentnational - 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 - NSW· 2017active
Deadly Connections - Aboriginal Community Justice Group
Aboriginal community-controlled organisation providing culturally safe support to Aboriginal people in contact with the justice system in Western Sydney.
Led by Deadly Connections
community-controlledindigenous-rightsjustice-support - New South Wales, Australia· 2016active
NSW Justice Reinvestment Expansion
Scale Bourke justice reinvestment model to 10 NSW communities
Led by Just Reinvest NSW, Maranguka
communityjustice-reinvestmentnew-south-wales - Australia (National)· 2016active
Raise the Age National Campaign
Raise minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14 nationally, in line with UN Committee on the Rights of the Child recommendations.
Led by National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Change the Record, Amnesty International, UNICEF Australia, Law Council of Australia, Australian Medical Association
age-of-responsibilityindigenous-rightsyouth-justice - 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)· 2015active
Change the Record Coalition
Reduce Indigenous incarceration and violence through justice targets, policy reform, and community-led solutions.
Led by Change the Record (coalition of 20+ Aboriginal, legal, health orgs)
closing-the-gapcommunity-ledindigenous-rightsyouth-justice - Australia - NSW· 2013active
Justice Reinvestment - Bourke (Maranguka)
Redirect justice spending from incarceration to community-led programs in Bourke, NSW. Aboriginal community-controlled model.
Led by Just Reinvest NSW, Maranguka Community Hub
community-ledindigenous-rightsjustice-reinvestmentyouth-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