Media Releases
Joint Media Release: Civil society, journalists, unions, lawyers and ex-judges call for an end to whistleblower prosecutions
12 September 2023 Joint Media Release: Civil society, journalists, unions, lawyers and ex-judges call for an end to whistleblower prosecutions More than 70 organisations and individuals have signed a letter to the Australian government, published in newspapers today,...
Joint Media Release: NGOs welcome Aussie coal company suspension of privatisation, amid concerns that court case against government undermines sanctions laws
5 July 2023 Joint Media Release: NGOs welcome Aussie coal company suspension of privatisation, amid concerns that court case against government undermines sanctions laws The Australian Centre for International Justice and Transparency International Australia welcome...
Joint Media Release: Granting sanctions permit to Aussie coal company in Russia could enrich Putin
21 June 2023 Joint Media Release: Granting permit to Aussie coal company in Russia could enrich Putin The Australian Government must refuse ASX listed, Tigers Realm Coal’s application for a permit to avoid sanctions, or risk money flowing to Putin’s bloody war in...
Joint Media Release: Truth triumphs in Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation verdict
1 June 2023 Joint Press Release: Truth triumphs in Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation verdict Today, the Federal Court of Australia delivered its judgment in the defamation case brought by former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith against The Age, Sydney Morning...
Media Release: Action urged on ongoing human rights violations in India ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia
The Australian Centre for International Justice filed a follow-up submission to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, urging again that three individuals be sanctioned for their involvement in serious abuses of human rights in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Joint Media Release: ACIJ, JFM and Stop Adani urge Adani Group to responsibly divest from their military-linked businesses in Myanmar
4 May 2023 Joint Media Release: ACIJ, JFM and Stop Adani urge Adani Group to responsibly divest from their military-linked businesses in Myanmar The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ), Justice For Myanmar and Stop Adani condemn Adani Ports &...
Joint press release: First war crimes charge relating to conduct of Australian special forces in Afghanistan
21 March 2023 Joint Press Release: Human rights groups welcome the first war crimes charge relating to conduct of Australian special forces in Afghanistan The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy...
Report: Assessing Australia’s response to the Afghanistan Inquiry
29 November 2022 Two years after the release of the Afghanistan Inquiry’s Report on war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) has assessed Australia’s response to the report’s findings and...
Joint Statement: Prosecution of war crimes whistleblower David McBride must be dropped
26 October 2022 Prosecution of war crimes whistleblower David McBride must be dropped The Australian Centre for International Justice and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling for an end to the unjust prosecution of war crimes whistleblower David McBride, as his...