Resources
Submissions
Joint Submission: Inquiry into Australia’s Sanctions Regime
In September 2024 ACIJ provided its written submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Reference Committee, to its Inquiry into Australia’s Sanctions Regime.
Submission: Inquiry into Australia’s Sanctions Regime
In September 2024 ACIJ provided its written submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Reference Committee, to its Inquiry into Australia’s Sanctions Regime.
Letter: Australia’s support for the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
The Australian Centre for International Justice has been advocating for Australia’s support of the Crimes Against Humanity Treaty.
Submission: International Criminal Justice and Victims’ Rights – Missing Pieces in Australia’s Human Rights Framework
In July 2023 ACIJ provided its written submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to its Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework.
Submission: Supporting democracy in the region by addressing impunity
1 June 2023 Submission: Supporting democracy in the region by addressing impunity In December 2022, ACIJ made a written submission to the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to assist in their Inquiry into...
Letter: Australia’s support for the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
Australia’s support for the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
Submission: Australia’s obligation to investigate crimes of torture
In November 2022, ACIJ made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on the duty to investigate crimes of torture in national law and practice. Our submission noted institutional shortcomings in Australia’s capacity to investigate torture and other international crimes, and recommended the establishment of a permanent, specialist unit dedicated to the investigation of core international crimes.
Submission: Senate Inquiry into Australia’s Engagement in Afghanistan
20 October 2021 On 13 October 2021 ACIJ made a submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee as part of the Committee’s Inquiry into Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan. The Inquiry was established in September 2021 to examine various aspects of Australia’s...
Joint Submission: Letter on full, effective and prompt reparation to Afghan victims
On 3 August 2021, the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ), Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO) the Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG) and Conflict Analysis Network (CAN) wrote to the Minister for Defence, the Attorney-General, and the Prime...
Joint Submission: Letter to DFAT regarding its Country Information Report Sri Lanka
On 1 October 2020, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) and the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) wrote to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of concerns relating to the accuracy, methodology and validity of the conclusions reached in DFAT’s...
Reports
Policy Paper: Challenging Impunity: Why Australia Needs a Permanent, Specialised International Crimes Unit
28 September 2023 In a world marked by conflict, unrest and serious human rights abuses, survivor communities and the civil society organisations that represent them continue to seek avenues for accountability and justice. One such avenue is international...
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...
ACIJ attends the 18th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties 2019
For the first time, the Australian Centre for International Justice was represented at the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) meeting in its 18th session in The Hague, Netherlands at the World Forum...