Media Releases
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...
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...