Most states say police will use discretion over potential social distancing violations, but rights advocates argue public messaging on new laws can be unclear.
Julian Burnside, a human rights...
March 31, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Liberty Victoria supports and applaud the efforts of government and medical experts at all levels working to take urgent action to save lives and protect our community. We acknowledge that...
March 30, 2020
Press Release
Liberty Victoria joins the 119 Criminal and Legal Practitioners to call for humane decarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic. You cannot social distance in a cramped prison.
Humane decarceration...
March 29, 2020
Press Release
Liberty Victoria's call to decarcerate the state's jails and detention centres to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 has been reported by the Sun-Herald
March 26, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
In light of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty Victoria supports calls from more than 370 lawyers, academics and advocates to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the Australian...
March 24, 2020
Press Release
In light of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty Victoria supports calls from more than 370 lawyers, academics and advocates to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the Australian...
March 24, 2020
Press Release
The decision over the weekend to halt new jury trials in New South Wales and Victoria — Australia’s most populous states — was the first real COVID-19 shock to hit the justice system. It will not...
March 17, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Worker Harm) Bill 2020
Liberty Victoria is strongly opposed to the Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Worker Harm) Bill 2020 (“The Bill”).
The Bill reflects the...
March 16, 2020
Press Release
This Human Rights and Technology Discussion Paper submission is made jointly by the Australian Privacy Foundation, the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, Liberty Victoria, Electronic Frontiers...
March 11, 2020
Submission
"There is a genuine risk of innocent people being convicted of crimes they have not committed."
Liberty Victoria strongly opposes the Victorian Government’s recently announced reforms to the law of...
March 3, 2020
Press Release