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Supreme Court Kaba decision could set back racial profiling prevention
Read moreAn appeal decision has been handed down in the Victorian Supreme Court which could set back Victoria Police efforts…
18 December 201407 -
Australia’s journey toward a police state – Professor Philip Alston
Read moreProfessor Philip Alston delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s recent legislative response to perceived security issues. Titled “Could Australia…
11 December 2014 -
In search of certainty: Is the Vic Police Act a step forward?
Read moreA feature article in the most recent Law Institute Journal, In Search of Certainty, examines the issues surrounding…
8 December 2014 -
4 December 2014
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Racial Profiling champians shortlisted for Human Rights Award
Read moreTwo young men from Flemington, Daniel Haile Michael and Maki Issa have been shortlisted for the Australian Human Rights…
19 November 2014 -
Police investigating police is “failing our state”
Read moreA Federal Senator has made a strong call for an independent body to investigate and prosecute cases of misconduct...
1 October 2014 -
An apology for Corinna Horvath
Read moreCorrinna Horvath has recieved a welcome and a significant compensation from the State of Victoria along with an…
22 September 2014 -
Coronial findings into death of Michael Atakelt
Read moreA death we need to learn from Findings from the long running inquest into the death of a young...
1 September 2014 -
Why the Police Act needs changing
Read moreWhen it comes to police violence and misconduct Victoria’s laws protect police, not its citizens. The new Victoria…
1 September 2014 -
Britain acts to reign in stop and search
Read moreAfter decades of public controversy, the British Government has launched a new scheme to monitor and hold police stop...
26 August 2014 -
A new call for Police Accountability
Read moreThirteen Victorian and Australian legal, human rights and civil society organisations have today called for a substantive response by…
28 July 2014 -
Lex Wotton free to speak: four-year gag order lifted
Read moreThe death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on Palm Island on November 19, 2004 and the protests that followed, ...
24 July 2014 -
“We will get better” Racial Profiling Update
Read moreWe continue to monitor and engage with the roll out of the commitments made by Victoria Police in the…
17 July 2014 -
Victorian Civil Justice Award 2014
Read moreThe Australian Lawyers Alliance’s highly regarded Victorian Civil Justice Award 2014 has been awarded to the Flemington and Kensington Community...
7 July 2014 -
UN condemns inadequate response to police violence
Read moreA powerful condemnation of the failure of Victoria’s laws to provide adequate remedies to victims of police violence has…
3 July 2014 -
18 Years Too Long
Read moreIn a damning decision, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that remedying police violence requires Victoria to…
6 April 2014 -
Grassroots racial profiling monitoring project
Read moreExciting moves are afoot to form a community-based ‘Racial Profiling Monitoring Project’ to monitor the outcomes of the Vicpol…
24 February 2014 -
‘Africans in New Year’s Brawl’ – Our Response
Read moreIn a recent article in the Melbourne Age, ‘African youth in New Year’s brawl’ Salvation Army Major Brendan Nottle…
16 February 2014 -
Police must not investigate their own: six enduring myths
Read morePolice killings are big news, but the investigations that follow have unearthed a culture of violence without accountability. The…
3 February 2014