Posts tagged with ‘United Nations’

We finally have a formal government response to the joint parliamentary IBAC Committee’s Inquiry into the external oversight of…

So, where is the push to get independent investigations in Victoria up to at the moment?

For the…

Dear Premier,

In light of yet more shocking revelations in the national media about the abject failure of the…

Revelations in Victoria’s Coronial Court today have highlighted systemic problems with police-contact death investigations in Victoria.

The Coronial Inquest…

The Victorian Government must, as a matter of urgency, resource a body separate from police to independently investigate all…

Four years ago, human rights, legal and social justice organisations called upon the Victorian Government to respond decisively…

An avalanche of news stories from people who have experienced excessive force, racist policing or other police misconduct, and…

The Audit of Victoria Police’s oversight of serious incidents (27 March 2018) has been described as ‘damning’ and ‘scathing’…

The Victorian Parliament’s IBAC Committee will commence Public Hearings this week as part of it’s historic Inquiry into the…

Vice-chair of the HRC, Dr Anja Ms Siebert-Fohr speaking to Australia’s non-compliance with the Horvath decision, reflected on the…

A coalition of 56 Australian non-government organisations have called upon all Australian state and federal governments to adopt measures…

This is your chance to let Parliament know what you think is needed for a fair, impartial and human…

The recent Melbourne nightclub shooting shows exactly why we need independent investigations of critical incidents involving police.
Yesterday’s tragic police…

While the NSW LECC model is likely to significantly improve some aspects of police oversight and accountability, there are…

The “Horvath Test” is simple. If Corinna Horvath’s 1996 assault by Victoria police occurred again today, (and many…

Legal practitioners have responded to an article by General Counsel of of the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission(IBAC), that was…

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) announced today that “a Victoria Police Leading Senior Constable with assault offences in…

The Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) recently released its review of Victorian police complaints investigation, the Audit of...