Media

ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY – 20 YEARS ON “NATSILS CALL FOR A FAIR GO” (15 Apr 2011)

Twenty years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) report was released on 15 April 1...

National Sorry Day 2011 (26 May 2011)

VALS observes Sorry Day and pays respects to the members of the Stolen Generations. VALS calls on State and Federal G...

Mandatory Sentencing will bring harm, not community safety (03 Jun 2011)

The Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC) has been asked by Attorney-General Robert Clark for advice on mandatory...

Australia Again Ignores International Calls for Action (07 Jun 2011)

This week the Australian Government delivered its official response to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in...

Generational Commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education (08 Jun 2011)

Please find attached the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Limited’s media release in response to the r...

Victoria is not a utopia. Aboriginal Victorians need the Charter (29 Jul 2011)

VALS media release concerning the review of the Victorian Charter. This media release coincides with VALS’...

Regressive, contradictory, disappointing: Parliamentary Committee tables review of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights. (14 Sep 2011)

The Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee (SARC) tabled their report to the Victorian Government for the review ...

NATSILS put spotlight on children’s rights ahead of UN review (07 Oct 2011)

Representatives from a coalition of key NGOs are set to meet with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on...

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