27 April 2022 Statement: First arrest concerning allegations of war crimes by special forces in Afghanistan for obstruction and harm to investigator The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) welcomes news of the arrest of an individual arising out of...
6 April 2022 Australia’s Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References this week released the final report of its inquiry into Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan. The inquiry was tasked with examining Australia’s twenty-year...
Read Media Release PDF (English) Joint Media Release: AFP fails to investigate visiting Sri Lankan General for war crimes; groups now declare #TimetoSanction under Australia’s new Magnitsky regime 31 March 2022 Australian Tamils and human rights groups have called on...
Joint Media Release: Civil society organisations welcome the Future Fund’s exclusion of Elbit Systems, and call on the Federal and Victorian Governments to drop Elbit or risk complicity in serious violations of international law 15 March 2022 Civil society...
Media Release: Australia must confront the reality of Israel’s apartheid regime 1 February 2022 Amnesty International today released its report finding that Israel practices the crime against humanity of apartheid against the Palestinian people across all the...
1 December 2021 The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) welcomes the adoption of targeted human rights sanctions to address serious human rights abuses and corruption around the world. The Autonomous Sanctions Amendment (Magnitsky-style and Other...
