"(Australia's) treatment of children in ... report and promptly introduce legislation for a new national Human Rights Act.

“These increasing violations are a blot on Australia’s human rights reputation globally.” As the only Western democracy without a national human rights act or charter, the Australian ...

Every jurisdiction in Australia except the ACT has an age of criminal responsibility below the UN-recommended minimum of at least 14 years. Human Rights Watch also singled out the NT for ...

The prison population in the Northern Territory has skyrocketed to more than 2,600 this month. The prison population has ...

State governments have "violated the rights of children" through changes to the criminal justice system across Australia in 2024, an annual global survey of human rights says.