Media Releases
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...
Joint Media Release: Australian and Myanmar groups welcome Adani Ports’ withdrawal from Myanmar and renew calls to shelve Carmichael coal project
28 October 2021 The Australian Centre for International Justice, Justice For Myanmar and Stop Adani cautiously welcome Adani Ports’ plans to divest from their Myanmar container port business, which is a testament to grassroots campaigns for corporate accountability in...
Joint Media Release: Singapore may be liable for harm caused by SGX-listed company’s payments to Myanmar army
20 October 2021 A legal memorandum from leading international barrister Felicity Gerry QC found that international law and guidance places due diligence obligations on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and possible liability on the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the...
Joint Media Release: US Treasury requested to deny a licence to permit Adani Ports’ business with sanctioned Myanmar military company
12 August 2021 Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd has requested that the United States’ Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) grant a general licence for their container terminal currently being developed under a build-operate-transfer agreement...
Joint Media Release: Human rights groups call on Australia to provide full, effective and prompt reparation to Afghan victims
5 August 2021 Human rights organisations in Afghanistan and Australia have written to the Australian government regarding the recommendations on compensation set out in the report of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, led by...
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