"It is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the Rule of Law."

United Nations Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 1948

ICJ Australia is the country's pre-eminent legal non-governmental organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights through the rule of law. It is Australia's leading human rights NGO and works closely with the ICJ world body in Geneva. ICJ Australia's standing as an impartial, objective, non-political player in the field of human rights gives it unprecedented access to governments and other policy makers, the judiciary, and diplomatic officers from around the region.

ICJ Australia calls on all lawyers and other jurists in Australia and around the world to use their specialised knowledge and expertise to forthrightly promote the inalienable rights of all people that can only be truly protected through the rule of law.

ICJ Australia calls on all jurists to advance the cause of the disadvantaged through law; to stand up for the fallen; to raise their voices for the speechless; to hold those who have power accountable to those who have little; and to stand firm against the tide when it threatens to sweep away the fundamental tenets of peace, justice and security in the world. Only through a diligent, persistent, and unwavering commitment to promote the fundamental principles of human rights and the rule of law, can people claim to be truly free.