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Nuance in the numbers – challenging assumptions, bringing context into view
We recently made a submission to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Capturing Data on Family Violence Perpetrators in partnership with the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation at Drummond Street Services, Melbourne City Mission and Youthlaw.
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Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
The CIJ made a second submission to the ALRC inquiry into sexual offences. This submission is titled "Build it out or “burn it down”? Situating “justice” within the wider systemic response to sexual offences".
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Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission: Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
The CIJ provided a submission to the ALRC inquiry into sexual offences. This submission focuses on the use of restorative justice in response to sexual violence.
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Evaluation of the Women’s SupPORT Pathways Project
The CIJ’s independent evaluation of the Women’s SupPORT Pathways project, delivered by the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women (LACW), has found evidence of a range of positive impacts from this innovative, gender-based sports program.
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Victoria Legal Aid Remand Review
The CIJ was commissioned for an independent review of VLA’s legal and non-legal services to people on remand.
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Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission into serious road crime
The CIJ has responded to the New South Wales Law Reform Commission's consultation paper as part of the Review into serious road crime offences.
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Submission on the Spent Convictions Act (2021) Review
Read the CIJ's submission to identify the findings of the research conducted by the Rethinking Criminal Record Checks Project relevant to the review
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Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
This submission has been prepared to inform the Special Rapporteur on Torture’s fourth report on current issues and good practices in the management of prisons
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About

The Centre for Innovative Justice researches, advocates and applies innovative ways to improve the justice system with a particular focus on therapeutic jurisprudence, restorative justice and non-adversarial dispute resolution.

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Project
Family Violence

IVY Study: Towards an Australian response to the use of intimate partner Violence by Young People

The CIJ is proud to announce that we will be leading the IVY Study: Towards an Australian response to the use of Intimate partner Violence by Young People.

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Media

How the law deals with death and the serious and devastating harm caused by road trauma

The CIJ recently made a submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission’s review into serious road crime offences, highlighting the benefits of restorative justice in meeting the justice needs of people who have experienced road trauma.

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Project
Family Violence, Women’s Decarceration

The misidentification of First Nations women as family violence perpetrators   

The CIJ is excited to be working with Djirra, Victoria’s statewide Aboriginal family violence prevention and legal service, on a new, community-led project investigating a highly damaging trend in the justice system.

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News

Online Courts Project Update

The Online Courts project is currently in a critical phase of its research, involving direct engagement with people who have had experiences of online, phone and/or hybrid court hearings in jurisdictions across Victoria in or since 2023. 

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News, Media

Elena Campbell appointed to federal government’s ‘Expert Panel’

Elena Campbell, CIJ’s Associate Director of Research, Advocacy & Policy, has been appointed to the federal government's Expert Panel on domestic and family violence.

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Video

Demystifying restorative justice

In this webinar, our panellists discuss how restorative justice is currently being used in our communities as a response to harm.

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Past Event

Demystifying restorative justice

20 May 2024, 1:00PM-2:00PM

As part of Victorian Law Week 2024 this webinar will examine the multiple ways restorative justice practices and processes are currently being used in our community as a response to harm.

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Media

Oscar Pistorius was jailed for Reeva Steenkamp’s murder, but her mum is still seeking justice

When the courts say justice is served, families caught in the middle often feel otherwise. The parents of murdered South African model Reeva Steenkamp explain what it would take to feel a sense of justice.

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Media

Lawyers urged to be at forefront of change

Our Director, Rob Hulls, recently spoke at the Law Institute of Victoria's Criminal Law Conference.

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Video

The justice system: a help or a hindrance?

Watch our Victorian Law Week 2023 event 'The justice system: a help or a hindrance?' which took place on Monday 15 May 2023.

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Media

Combatting toxic masculinity and violence against women

Can we reprogram masculinity to remove its toxic aspects, or should we focus on harm minimization when it comes to gendered violence? And how can the media better report when it comes to male perpetrated violence towards women and children?

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Video

A look back at all the CIJ has achieved over the last 10 years

As we reflect on the past decade, we are proud of our many achievements in advancing access to justice and promoting innovative and effective solutions to legal challenges. Our work is far from over, though – we are excited to look to the future and continue to explore new ways to improve the justice system.

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Blog

Centre for Innovative Justice turns 10!

Over 100 staff, students and industry partners recently came together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ).

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Connect with the Centre for Innovative Justice through our media channels. Stay up to date via Twitter, YouTube and the Talking Innovative Justice podcast.
Podcast

Talking Innovative Justice podcast

Talking Innovative Justice is a resource for law students, hosted by Rob Hulls and featuring interviews with leading industry figures, panel discussions and recordings of CIJ events.

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Video

CIJ Interview Series

The law can take your career in unexpected and fascinating directions. Our video interview series introduces to our students some of the inspiring people working in the law.

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