Media Releases
Statement: First arrest concerning allegations of war crimes by special forces in Afghanistan for obstruction and harm to investigator
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...
Media Release: Senate Afghanistan inquiry fails to address war crimes
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 military, diplomatic...
Joint Media Release: AFP fails to investigate visiting Sri Lankan General for war crimes; groups now declare #TimetoSanction under Australia’s new Magnitsky regime
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
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
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...
Media Release: Welcoming Australia’s adoption of Magnitsky-style targeted sanctions for serious human rights abuses
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...
Joint Media Release: The Future Fund must be transparent and accountable to Australians
30 November 2021 The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ), Publish What You Pay Australia, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), the Grata Fund and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Australia (ICAN Australia),...
Joint Media Release: One Year after Brereton: Human rights groups say that victims must not be forgotten
19 November 2021 Today marks one year since the release of the Brereton Report into war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. Human rights groups from Afghanistan and Australia have joined forces to reiterate the need for accountability and redress. The...
Joint Media Release: Senate Inquiry on Australia’s Engagement in Afghanistan
8 November 2021 Human rights and legal organisations from around Australia will today tell a Senate Inquiry investigating Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan that the Morrison Government must do more for the people of Afghanistan. The Law Council of Australia, Save...
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