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THE charging of domestic violence victims who retract allegations should be approved only at the highest levels of state police forces or by directors of public prosecution, says the Australian Law Reform Commission.

Discussion about the proposed Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination legislation has been dominated by a debate on religious organisation exemptions and freedom of speech. There has been public outcry over religious organisations being exempt from the legislation and the ramifications for service provision to some of the most vulnerable people in Australia.

The State Coroner has released her recommendations following the conclusion of the Le Marseny inquest today. Adam Le Marseny died in May 2011 while being held in Corrective Services cells housed within the Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills.

RLC's CEO Joanna Shulman on why Australians need a robust anti-discrimination regime to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. Alternative Law Journal, A 'fair go' for all.

Today is International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of Paul Keating's historic Redfern Address. Keating saw Redfern as an appropriate place to contemplate our human rights record as a nation.

David Porter, RLC Police Powers Solicitor, spoke to Ten News about taser deaths.

David Porter, RLC Police Powers Solicitor on ABC Radio National Face to Face with the Realities of Youth Crime.

RLC's Police Powers solicitor, David Porter, spoke with Eleanor Bell on ABC Radio National's PM show, on measures to address youth crime.

Redfern Legal Centre notes that its submission to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice on the opportunities to consolidate tribunals in NSW was referred to a number of times in the final report released on 22 March 2012.

RLC is holding a morning tea to celebrate this important step forward in Australian history. We invite the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population to come and have a cake and a yarn.