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Australia & Human Rights Treaties: Your Friendly Intro to Global Justice
This page explains how Australia engages with international human rights treaties—from signing and ratifying to making them effective at home through our laws. Learn about the key rights covered, the treaties Australia has agreed to, and what needs to happen for these global commitments to become part of our national legal system.
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How can the Victorian Ombudsman help you?
Video made by the Victorian Ombudsman that outlines their function as an independent investigative body - an example of how an individual can become involved in the law making process in a non-traditional way.
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Voting
How preferential voting works - POSTER
This fact sheet explains how the Australian Electoral Commission counts the votes for House of Representatives.
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Human rights
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Have You Got That Right? Fun, Fast Human Rights Explainers
Have You Got That Right? is an innovative series of videos answering important human rights questions quickly, clearly and in a way that won’t put you to sleep.
The project will be broken into a number of 10-episode series, each with a different theme. Series one blends comedy with serious academic content, while series two will be interview-based.
We started out planning to make simple videos of our academics answering human rights questions. However, more and more people offered to bring their expertise on board to help us pro bono, and the series grew from there. By the end of series one, we will have benefited from thousands of hours of pro bono work from industry professionals as well as our team of writers, crew members and actors. You can read about our key people below.
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FUSE: Victorian curriculum search engine
Start exploring resources aligned to the Victorian Curriculum. Find Content Codes in the the more details section of each resource.
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Housing and tenancy
Fencing the neighbours
Information about some common disputes, including: fences and trees, noise, pets, injuries on your property. There is also information about what you can do if a dispute with your neighbour makes you fear for your safety. Updated in February 2025.
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Family Dispute Resolution (Mediation)
A resource providing information regarding mediation processes involving children and parenting matters after separation.
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Factsheet: Sentencing and the principles of justice
This explores how our work upholds the key principles of fairness, equality and access to justice. It investigates them in the context of hearing a criminal plea and sentence.
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Fair trial and fair hearing rights
What are fair trial and fair hearing rights?
The Attorney General produced this website to answer your questions.
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Factsheet: Victim's rights and roles
This details the support and assistance available to victims of crimes being heard at the County Court. It also talks about other people affected by a trial, including family members of the victim and witnesses.
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Factsheet: Registrars and judicial registrars
This explains the important support roles played by registrars and judicial registrars, including hearing Interlocutory matters and dispute resolution through mediation.
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Factsheet: Protection of rights
This examines the different sources of rights in both criminal and civil matters, and highlights the protection of rights within the context of several cases.
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Factsheet: Overview of County Court role
This fact sheet explains the County Court's history, role and place within the Victorian legal system. It gives an overview of the kinds of cases it deals with through our different divisions (criminal, common law and commercial) and outlines our role as an appeal court. It also discusses the different kinds of laws we apply.
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Factsheet: Mental illness and the Criminal law
This explains the two main ways in which mental illness becomes an issue in criminal trials. Using case examples, it details when an accused is deemed unfit to stand trial due to mental illness. It also examines the defence of mental impairment, when an accused may argue they cannot be held criminally responsible for their behaviour due to their mental state at the time of offending.
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Factsheet: Key organisations in the Victorian legal sector
This outlines the many organisations that help us deliver justice, including government departments and legal bodies such as the Victorian Bar. It explains the role of the Office of Public Prosecutions and details organisations that assist people in dealing with the Court.
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VCE Legal Studies Unit 1
Factsheet: Criminal trial process
This outlines how a criminal trial is conducted and explains the typical processes involved, from committal hearing to sentencing. It also provides a recent case to illustrate these concepts.
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VCE legal Studies Unit 3
Factsheet: County Koori Court
This provides an overview of the first Australian specialist court for indigenous offenders in a higher jurisdiction. It explains the need for such a court and the way it delivers justice with the help of Aboriginal Elders and other Respected Persons.
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Factsheet: County Court and law reform
This looks at the law reform framework and the role we play in the process led by the Victorian Parliament. It includes examples of recent law reforms and discusses the conventions and laws governing our relationship with the media, including the reporting of judgments, suppression orders and contempt of court.
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Factsheet: County Court work and key personnel
This outlines the difference between civil and criminal cases and gives an overview of the types of people at court, from court staff to the people involved in trials. It defines our most commonly used legal terms and explains key legal procedures.
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Factsheet: Civil trial process
This outlines how a civil trial is conducted, including the choice of judge or jury. 1806 approved
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Factsheet: Appointment, role and powers of judges
This examines our judges and court hierarchy, from Chief Judge to non-judicial officers.
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Australian Red Cross: Forced Marriage in Australia
Videos created with and for communities affected by forced marriage in Victoria.
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Factsheet: Access to justice and dispute resolution
This is about the fundamental principle of access to justice. It examines the barriers to justice faced by some members of the community and the measures we are taking to address the impact of disadvantage.
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Courts and tribunals
About the Drug Court
Overview of the Drug Court - an alternative approach to sentencing.
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How Victorians experience and resolve family problems
Our companion PULS In brief publications reveal that family problems, though less common, are Victoria’s most damaging legal issues with the highest unmet need.