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Australia’s youth detention system is costing billions of dollars each year while consistently failing to meet international human rights standards. Children as young as 10 are being detained in youth detention centres and police watch houses under conditions condemned by human rights experts, royal commissions and international bodies. Despite decades of evidence showing that “tough […]

Amnesty International Australia has made a submission to the Department of Treasury regarding Australia’s 2026-27 budget priorities. AIA aims in this submission to draw the Government’s attention to issues which require serious consideration in planning Federal Budget expenditure. We raise three focus areas for consideration in the Budget: We recommend that the Australian Government: Amnesty […]

January 26 means different things to many people. The first documented protest on this date took place in 1938, when Aboriginal leaders including Jack Patten and William Ferguson organised the Day of Mourning in Sydney to protest 150 years of dispossession and discrimination. Since then, Aboriginal people have protested on this date every year. While […]

Stand up for justice January 26 is a day to stand in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Each year there is talk of division, yet year after year – rain, hail or heatwave – tens of thousands of Australians come together in a powerful show of solidarity. Young people, seniors, visitors, new […]

All of the experts agree — kids don’t belong in prison. Prisons don’t address the causes of problematic behaviour, and they don’t reduce recidivism. Instead, when a child comes into contact with the criminal justice system they enter a never-ending cycle of trauma, harm and violence. This shameful reality is even greater for Aboriginal and […]

Amnesty International Australia has made a submission on Australia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review. In July 2025, Amnesty International Australia (AIA) made a submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with 26 recommendations. These reflect long-held AIA positions which are the basis of our ongoing work, including our campaigns for a federal Human Rights Act; on […]

The first National Sorry Day was held exactly one year after the Bringing Them Home report was tabled in Parliament on 26 May 1997. The report was a confronting 689-page landmark document that exposed the truth about the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, cultures, and communities – what […]

Together, we are a global movement of more than 10 million people across 150 countries and territories who come together to challenge injustice. Thanks to you, we are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Here’s a snapshot of your impact, both at home and abroad: USA: Rocky Myers death sentence […]

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Thirty-eight years ago in 1987, a national inquiry began and four years later delivered its final report, the ‘Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody’, 1991. The Commission was launched to investigate and report on social, cultural and legal issues after a growing outrage at the number of […]

Last week marked the anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report; a confronting 689-page landmark document that exposed the truth about the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, cultures, and communities. “This report is a tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]