MEDIA RELEASE - Inquest into the death of Scott Johnson
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) welcomes the findings of the Coroner into historic and ongoing police attitudes to LGBTIQ hate crimes and calls upon the NSW Police to implement...
View ArticlePolicy statement (2016) - Juvenile justice
1. NSWCCL advocates for a juvenile justice system that:Prioritises the child’s best interests, including that it provides education equivalent to their rights within the communityCaters for children’s...
View ArticleLack of Transparency on Taser use in NSW
President Stephen Blanks has called for greater transparency in the use of Tasers in NSW. No updated statistics on Taser use have been released by the NSW Police for 6 years. A mentally ill man died...
View ArticleNSWCCL Submission: NSW Sentencing Council Victims' Involvement in Sentencing
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) welcomes the opportunity to respond to theConsultation Paper by the NSW Sentencing Council: Victims’ involvement in sentencing.(September 2017) (The Paper).The...
View ArticleVale Ken Horler QC
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties is deeply saddened by the death of Ken Horler QC who was a major force in this organisation from its earliest days. From the 1960s to the late 1980’s Ken held...
View ArticleBreakthrough on National Anti-Corruption Commission?
Today Cathy McGowan (independent MP) succeeded in having her National Integrity Commission Bill 2018read for the first time in the Lower House. Two hours later the House joined the Senate in calling...
View ArticleNSW Council for Civil Liberties warns of vigilante risk in making child sex...
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) warns of the risks of the Federal Government making any register of child sex offenders public.President of the CCL, Pauline Wright said, “The...
View ArticleNSW Council for Civil Liberties condemns Premier Berejiklian’s call for...
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) has condemned the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s plan to give police powers to search people’s homes and cars without warrants.The new powers, as...
View ArticleThe High Court rejects appeal to re-try Bowraville murders case
26 March 2019The High Court of Australia has refused to hear an appeal from the NSW Attorney-General in relation to trying the man suspected of murdering three Aboriginal children in Bowraville. The...
View ArticleNSW Council for Civil Liberties urges reform of NSW strip search laws
5 June 2019The NSW Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) calls for the urgent reform of strip search laws in NSW.CCL President, Pauline Wright, said “A strip search is an incredibly distressing experience...
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NSW Council for Civil Liberties condemns unjust detention of innocent people,...
17 June 2019Statistics released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics (BOCSAR) have shown a significant increase since 2014 in the number of people refused bail, and then later found innocent. There...
View ArticleNSW mobile phone detection bill seriously flawed
A NSW Parliamentary Committee has recommended the Legislative Council should proceed to consider the Transport Amendment (Mobile Phone Detection) Bill 2019, including any amendments in relation to the...
View ArticleCorrespondence with the NSW AG
In August CCL wrote to the NSW Attorney General on a number of matters relating to the administration of justice. We recently received a response from the Attorney General. We remained deeply concerned...
View ArticleStrip search inquiry cut short
NSWCCL condemns the premature closure of the inquiry into potentially illegal strip searches conducted on minors by police in NSW. The Guardian has revealed that the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission...
View ArticleStatement: Minister for Police and Community Services, David Elliott
11 March 2020PUBLIC STATEMENTNSW Council for Civil Liberties considers the Minister for Police and Community Services, David Elliott, should stand down while a NSW police investigation into whether he...
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Statement: COVID-19 and prisons
March 24, 2020PUBLIC STATEMENTReducing the risk of COVID-19: reducing the number of people in custody The risk of transmission of COVID-19 in correctional centres and youth detention centres demands...
View ArticleStatement: Strong Leadership by AG on parole, steps needed for remand...
March 27, 2020Copies to:NSW Attorney General, Mark Speakman SCAnthony Roberts MP, Minister for Counter Terrorism and CorrectionsPeter Severin, Commissioner, Corrective Services NSWGary Forrest CEO...
View ArticleFormer US Attorneys, DOJ Leaders, Attorneys, and Judges urge President Trump...
Over 400 Former US Attorneys, DOJ Leaders and Attorneys, and Judges Urge President Trump to Release Vulnerable Individuals from Federal Custody to Avoid Deadly Outbreak of COVID-19In a letter from 405...
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Landmark report finds police conduct of strip searches unlawful
Police officers who conducted strip searches of children hadn't been properly trained and didn't understand the law on what they were doing, a series of landmark watchdog reports has found.The conduct...
View ArticleNSWCCL concerned about health and safety of persons in custody, COVID-19
The NSWCCL has written to the Commissioner of Corrective Services NSW, the NSW Health Minister and the CEO of Justice Health to express concerns in relation to the health and safety of persons in...
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