Justice and Human Rights

VCOSS is applauding a shift towards bipartisanship on the traditional political battleground of ‘law and order’.

The Victorian Government is the Rocky Balboa of the toll fines Industry.

All workers have a right to feel safe at work. But mandatory sentencing is not the answer.

Misleading public portrayals of crime and justice issues don't help anybody.

VCOSS has joined a coalition of justice, human rights, social service and Aboriginal organisations to call on the Victorian Government

True love is elusive. It’s difficult to define, hard to find and even harder to keep. So when two people

The Victorian Government is rushing through dangerously regressive legislation that will make the state’s youth justice system cruel and less

Victorians will be rightly horrified by the revelations in The Same Four Walls, a new investigation into cruel and ineffective

Changes to the youth justice system announced today are a retrograde step that will not improve community safety, the Victorian

  Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight

Thousands of people facing disadvantage across Victoria are being denied access to crucial legal assistance every year due to a

An application to exempt public transport operators from meeting accessibility standards for people with disability should be denied, says the

The Review of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities tabled in the Victorian Parliament today provides a range of

VCOSS welcomes the recommendations of the Victorian Ombudsman in her Investigation into the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners in Victoria

Melbourne being named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the fifth year running fails to