In 2016, Peter O’Brien was a finalist of the Human Rights Law Award. The Law Award is awarded to an individual or an organisation with a track record in promoting and advancing human rights in Australia through the practice of law. Read more here. 

“Peter O’Brien has spent many years working as a lawyer and human rights advocate, most recently representing Dylan Voller and Jake Roper in their civil suit against the Northern Territory’s corrective services. Peter has advocated for the immediate welfare of Dylan Voller, condemned the abuse of juveniles in detention and called for the widest possible terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory”