Amnesty International Australia
Defending Human Rights
Amnesty International Australia condemned the Northern Territory parliament’s decision to pass retrograde youth justice amendments which will wind back reforms and increase the number of Indigenous people in Australia’s prisons. A last minute-amendment was added which allows the granting of bail in “exceptional circumstances”, however it is breathtaking that this legislation was created and passed …
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Following the likely return of the Gunner Labor party to office in the Northern Territory, the government must now make good on its promise to raise the age of criminal responsibility. In 2017, the Gunner government committed to recommendations from the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory including …
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In response to reports that Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said the Federal Government will release in the “very near future” a “fully funded” response to the final report of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, Amnesty International Australia’s Indigenous Rights Advisor Rodney Dillon said, “We’re …
