Yoorrook for Justice: Report into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
Following a 12-month inquiry, the ‘Yoorrook for Justice: Report into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems’ details extensive systemic injustice, racism, discriminatory laws and policy failures that have, and continue to, cause harm to First Peoples.
The report and a full list of recommendations can be found here: www.yoorrookforjustice.org.au
Yoorrook for Justice
Report into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
The Yoorrook for Justice report is the culmination of Yoorrook’s year-long inquiry into Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems. It details extensive systemic injustice, racism, discriminatory laws and policy failures that have, and continue to, cause harm to First Peoples. It highlights that present injustice has deep roots in the colonial foundations of the state and makes 46 recommendations for change.
Visit the report website yoorrookforjustice.org.au
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Making a submission
All First Peoples who have experienced injustice in Victoria are strongly encouraged to make a submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
Meet the Truth Receivers
Yoorrook recently completed a month of public hearings during which Commissioners questioned government ministers and senior bureaucrats about injustices against First Peoples in the criminal justice and child protection systems.