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Today marks International Justice Day, where over 22 years ago, a coalition of hundreds of civil society and victims’ organisations, human rights defenders, regional organisations and states, came together in Rome to support a process which led to the adoption of the...

3 July 2020 The Australian Centre for International Justice has condemned the referral, by the Australian Federal Police, of a brief of evidence to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), to consider laying charges against journalist Dan Oakes, for...

23 June 2020 The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) issues a briefing paper on Australia's international law obligations regarding Israel's annexation of large parts of the West Bank. Rawan Arraf, Principal Lawyer and Director of the ACIJ said: "The...

30 April 2020 Australian human rights organisations have written to the Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Attorney-General, urging the Australian government to publicly condemn the attacks against the International Criminal Court (ICC) by United...

17 March 2020 Following an ABC investigation into new allegations of war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, revealed last night by the Four Corners report ‘Killing Field’, Director of the Australian Centre for International Justice, Ms Rawan Arraf...

16 February 2020 The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) calls upon the Australian Government to support international justice and accountability and withdraw its request to intervene at the International Criminal Court (ICC). On Friday 14 February, the...

The Australian Government has spoken in support of international justice and accountability at the 18th Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. This week, Australia delivered a strong...

Investigative reporting from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes has revealed that the Australian Federal Police have recently visited Afghanistan to collect evidence and witness testimony into numerous incidents alleging war crimes by Australian defence...

As the government introduced further measures to prevent Australian foreign fighters returning to Australia this week with the passage of the Temporary Exclusion Orders Bill, the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) recommends that the Citizenship...