Tomorrow on 10 May, CEO Caitlin Reiger will present a seminar at ANU on the adaptation of transitional justice processes in Australia, with a focus on Australia’s first formal truth-telling body, the Yoorrook Justice Commission, in Victoria. Register 👇
law.anu.edu.au/news-and-event…

If our government told people that smoking cigarettes was good for us while seeking to increase production, we wouldn't applaud it for clever politics - we'd be horrified by its willful blindness to the overwhelming scientific evidence.

But fossil fuels? thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/max-opray…

Excellent to see Chris Minns and the NSW Government call for Cumberland Council to overturn their (stupid) decision to ban books.

Here is a novel idea - if you don’t like a book, don’t read it.

#nswpol #bookban #read

Hoy conmemoramos el #DiaContraLaViolenciaInstitucional en un momento en que el gobierno nacional impulsa leyes para garantizar la impunidad de las fuerzas de seguridad. Mientras tanto, los casos de violencia policial aumentan en el AMBA 👉 violenciapolicial.org.ar/violencia-poli…

The very best announcement!!

Here’s ⁦Equality Australia 🌈⁩ petition. Please SIGN. Libraries are essential repositories of knowledge and information, serving as spaces for learning, exploration & intellectual freedom. Banning books is the polar opposite of their mission statement! 🌈❤️ equalityaustralia.org.au/our-work/areas…

We need a treaty guaranteeing #TortureFreeTrade now. Crowd-control weapon abuse by police to threaten and harm demonstrators curtails freedom of expression and amounts to torture when used indiscriminately or intentionally harmfully against protesters. Former UN Special Rapporteur FoAA rights Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture

European Court of Human Rights affirms that it is still dismissing someone because of their sexual orientation if the declared reason is that they posted photos online of their social and personal life which reflected their sexual orientation.

I join other UN experts in expressing concern about the gendered impacts of the war in Gaza: “Women and children are entitled to special protection under international humanitarian law and human rights law” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Why don't women report

'This is about the truth. It's about the role of transparency and accountability in our democracy. When we prosecute whistleblowers, we don't get the truth.' Kieran Pender speaking at the rally for David McBride, who exposed the truth about war crimes but is now facing sentence.

I’m thinking of the family of the 16yo boy in WA. What a huge loss to the family. From Kumanjayi Walker to Cleveland Dodd police shouldn’t have the powers to kill children and teenagers.