Human Rights in Action: Coercive Control

In October 2021, the Queensland Taskforce on Coercive Control and Women’s Experience in the Criminal Justice System will report on its findings and recommendations of how best to legislate against coercive control as a form of domestic and family violence.
Coercive control is, ‘a collection of behaviours designed to strip someone of their sense of autonomy and self-worth.’ It is the most common risk factor leading to intimate partner homicide. So far, Tasmania is the only Australian state to make certain coercive controlling behaviours illegal.
In this Human Rights in Action webinar recorded on 29 June 2021, we educate and disseminate information about coercive control and the work of the Taskforce on Coercive Control and Women’s Experience in the Criminal Justice System. Listen in as experts discuss the potential impact of coercive control legislation, particularly for CALD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.