ICJ Victoria calls for Australian Government to stop attacks on Gillian Triggs
We at the International Commission of Jurists Victoria are dismayed at the sustained attacks by the federal government on Prof Gillian Triggs. Those attacks are ill-informed, misguided and damaging to...
View ArticleCongratulation to Richard Niall QC on his appointment
ICJ Victoria is pleased to congratulate Mr Richard M Niall QC on his appointment to the role of Solicitor General of Victoria. Richard has been a proud contributor to human rights in Australia. He is a...
View ArticleNew Project – Attacks on the Rule of Law
Recently, ICJ Victoria decided to embark upon a project to raise awareness throughout Australia of the direction of our Legislatures and Bureaucracies in abandoning commitments to the Rule of Law. The...
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International Commission of Jurists Australia, in conjunction with International Commission of Jurists Victoria, have submitted a letter to the Attorney General of Australia, stating our concerns about...
View ArticleNomination for the 2016 John Gibson Award now open!
The ICJ Victoria calls for nominations for the John Gibson Award. The John Gibson Award is awarded in honour of the late John Gibson, who was a scholar, barrister, father, and outstanding and tireless...
View ArticleCalling for input to submissions to the Australian Government’s Advocacy for...
The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade have made a call for submissions into Australia’s Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty The details for making submissions...
View ArticleResponse from the Federal Attorney-General regarding Office of the Australian...
Recently the International Commission of Jurists Australia, in conjunction with the International Commission of Jurists Victoria, wrote a to the Attorney-General’s office, regarding the executive...
View ArticleICJ Victoria Position Paper on Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy
READ THE ICJ VICTORIA COUNTER-TERRORISM POSITION PAPER ICJ Victoria is pleased to publish our position paper on the need to augment the current counter terrorism strategy with context-specific...
View ArticleMedia Release opposing the questioning of judicial integrity
CLICK HERE FOR MEDIA RELEASE On Tuesday 17 November, in a 4:1 majority decision, the Court of Appeal stated that the Victorian baseline sentencing laws are ‘incurably defective’. Shadow...
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Community Opening of the Legal Year 2016
Join us at the County Court on the first day of February, as we celebrate the community and legal systems, working together towards achieving a just society. Our guest speakers: The Hon Justice James...
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Indefinite Detention, Parliament, and the Courts
Mr Louis A. Coutts, an Honorary Life Member of International Commission of Jurists Victoria, had an article published in The Age on 19 January 2016. The article explains the legislative powers...
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2016 Community Opening of the Legal Year – Thank You!
On 1 February 2016, ICJ Victoria hosted the 2016 Community Opening of the Legal Year. It was well attended with over 100 people joining us, from all sectors of the community. Professor Gillian Triggs,...
View ArticleModern Slavery Bill 2018
ICJV recently made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Modern Slavery Bill 2018. Read the submission here.
View ArticleMedia Release: Accountability and Scrutiny of Judges
The Leader of the Victorian Opposition and the Shadow Attorney-General have called for greater accountability and scrutiny of the sentencing decisions of our judges. Their proposal can be read here. It...
View ArticleMedia Release: Informer 3838
The International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) supports the decision to establish a Royal Commission into the activities of Victoria Police and others which the High Court has justifiably described...
View ArticleApplications Open for the ICJV / Victorian Bar 2019 International Internship...
The Victorian Bar and the International Commission of Jurists Victoria (ICJV) are calling for applications for the Pilot International Internship Program, from approximately 28 August 2019 to 27...
View ArticleSubmission to the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants
ICJV recently made a submission to the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants. The submission takes three parts: Section 1: international standards regarding PHS; Section 2:...
View Article2019 Annual Fundraising Dinner
Join us at this year’s fundraising dinner to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. Ian Henderson, former ABC Newsreader, will lead a...
View ArticleICJ Victoria condemns the conduct of Victoria Police members, urges the...
The International Commission of Jurists (Victoria) condemns the conduct of members of the Victoria Police for illicitly taking and publishing photographs of an individual in police custody presenting...
View ArticleFailure to address over-incarceration of Indigenous people in Australia...
ICJ Victoria calls for alternative justice processes for Indigenous accused across Australia, and Gladue-style processes in the courts. Read our media statement here: 2020-06-16 ICJV media release...
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