Advocacy, organised.

Tackle the drivers of crime to create safer communities

To promote a more effective approach to creating safer communities by addressing the drivers of crime, rather than expanding youth detention facilities like Malmsbury.

Led by Commission for Children and Young People Victoria

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

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.

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

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"]

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

Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre

Close Ashley Youth Detention Centre following revelations of decades of child sexual abuse. Transition to community-based therapeutic model.

Led by Commission of Inquiry survivors, Tasmanian Aboriginal community, legal services

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"]

Bail Reform for Children Campaign

End remand as default for children; presumption of bail for all under-18s

Led by National Children's and Youth Law Centre, NATSILS

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

End Solitary Confinement of Children

Ban isolation and solitary confinement for all children in detention

Led by Human Rights Law Centre, OPCAT Network

#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

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

Youth Justice Coalition QLD - Voices for Change

Counter punitive QLD youth justice rhetoric. Advocate for therapeutic alternatives, raise the age, end watch house detention of children.

Led by Youth Advocacy Centre, Sisters Inside, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service QLD

Families Belong Together

End family separation and detention; reunify families; humane asylum policies

Led by National Domestic Workers Alliance with broad coalition

SmartJustice for Young People

Promote evidence-based youth justice responses. Campaign against punitive approaches that increase reoffending.

Led by Jesuit Social Services, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare

National Preventive Mechanism Implementation

Full OPCAT implementation with independent detention monitoring in every state

Led by Australian Human Rights Commission, OPCAT Network Australia

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

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