Archive of posts in the 'Human Rights' category
Lead campaigner for Raise the Age, Emily Mayo, says criminalising children not only causes them harm, but hurts other children,...
More than a dozen organisations have formed a coalition to push the New South Wales government to raise the age...
A coalition has come together in NSW to call on the NSW Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility...
PIAC made a submission to the 2022 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Cth) (Transport Standards). Our submission...
The United Nations’ torture prevention watchdog has been urged to investigate Australia’s use of handcuffs on asylum seekers when seeking...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says a comprehensive review of handcuffing in Australia’s onshore immigration detention system is urgently...
PIAC has joined a number of civil liberty organisations in raising concerns about a new data sharing scheme proposed by...
The NSW Government is proposing to introduce mandatory blood borne virus testing for people whose bodily fluids come into contact...
The Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 establishes a framework under which people whose bodily fluids come into contact with police,...
PIAC made a submission to the Office of the National Data Commissioner in relation to the exposure draft of the...
