These changes will have a profound impact on the lives of Indigenous kids who are over-represented in the ACT’s criminal justice system.
The ACT is raising the age to 14, but not until 2015. It’s progress, just not enough.
Come join the Manly Amnesty Group at the Manly Village Public School on 15th April gathering petition signatures to Raise The Age of criminal responsibility, to be sent to the new state government!
Amnesty has called on whoever forms government to implement a human rights agenda for the state of NSW.
Many countries continue to have the death penalty in place. Here are 4 actions you can take right now to defend the rights of people around the world.
At this 4 hour stall at the established Gold Coast Global Village Festival (a public event attended by a diverse community), we will be doing the following: 1. Presenting the Human Rights Act petition to sign, Raise the Age and any other petitions you recommend. Please send through the most up to date versions of […]
Tasmania has recently been in the news for raising the age – not of criminal responsibility, but of detention. Amnesty welcomes this significant step in a smarter approach to justice. Putting children in prisons causes irreparable harm, governments know this, but continue to allow children to be subject to this treatment. The Tasmanian government recognising […]
A Human Rights Agenda report for the next Australian Government ahead of the 2022 election.
Submission to Queensland’s inquiry into the Criminal Law (Raising the Age of Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2021.
