Since 2017, the Justice and Equity Centre has been using strategic litigation to try and enforce the health rights of people in immigration detention in Australia. Lessons from that experience demonstrate that litigation is often a poor vehicle for timely and effective enforcement of health rights. The presenter will share some of the learnings from the JEC’s practice and suggest a better way forward – which relies instead on creating and relying on expert structures for monitoring and enforcing the health rights of vulnerable people in government systems, including immigration detention.