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The National Justice Project and Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research called on parliamentarians to consider the importance of ‘outcomes, geunuine actions and respect’ when it comes to designing a truth-telling commission. As part of a joint submission, National
The National Justice Project says the latest Human Rights Watch World Report finding Australia’s “diabolical” treatment of asylum seekers and youth crime has worsened needs to be a wake-up call for governments around the country. National Justice Project CEO Adjunct
The National Justice Project has called on the Federal Government to act on findings from the United Nations Human Rights Committee that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including children, on Nauru without
The National Justice Project is delighted to welcome Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO as our new Board Chair from January 2025. Larissa is an Euahleyai/Gamillaroi woman and the Laureate Fellow at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at
The National Justice Project has joined a loud chorus of concern over the government’s rush to approve the Migration Amendment Bill and has expressed alarm in a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. National Justice Project CEO
The Australian True Crime podcast has shared some of the amazing work of the National Justice Project, led by our clients, along with our perspective on what’s possible within the justice system when it’s approached with equal amounts of skill
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the images and names of First Nations people who have passed away. The National Justice Project has slammed the NSW Police Commissioner, Karen Webb, for rejecting a
International human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson has joined the National Justice Project to advise the family of Ballardong Njaki-Njaki woman Donna Nelson ahead of her trial set down to begin next month on 18 November 2024. The West Australian grandmother
Content Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the image and name of a Kamilaroi/Dunghutti man who has passed away National Justice Project CEO Adjunct Professor George Newhouse and Chair Steven Castan report on important
The current state of the youth justice system in Australia raises significant concerns with alarming patterns of mistreatment and systematic failure according to leading human rights lawyers and Indigenous legal and policy experts. The National Justice Project and the Jumbunna