Latest human rights News

UN experts: Honduras must immediately halt mass evictions of peasant, Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities
UN expert on human rights defenders to visit the Marshall Islands
Israeli forces expelled Palestinian refugees from three West Bank camps, in violation of international law – UN report
Man jailed in Victoria for possessing a slave following human trafficking investigation
UN human rights report urges robust accountability and institutional reforms: Sri Lanka
Un Commission on Human Rights to undertake 14th visit to the country: South Sudan
Iran – UN Fact-Finding Mission urges withdrawal of bill criminalizing contact with foreign entities
UN experts urge repeal of dispossession laws: Syrian Arab Republic
Special Rapporteur urges immediate end to post-election crackdown and release of political detainees: Zambia
Restraint in mental health hospitals: what families want staff to understand
UN experts demand end to unlawful killings at sea, as one-year death toll hits 223: United States
UN expert calls for economic diversification and greater fiscal transparency: Tajikistan
Monash sociology expert to appear on inaugural panel about healthy masculinity at Women’s Agenda Women’s Health Summit
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Maasai Indigenous Peoples face forced evictions, law enforcement abuses, UN committee warns: Tanzania
UN committee raises alarm over racist killings, displacement and home raids against migrants: South Africa
UN working group advances discussions on possible new global agreement on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free…
UN committee warns of racial discrimination amid civilian deaths, mass displacement and destruction by Israel’s military operations: Lebanon
Rohingya continue to face atrocity crimes, mass displacement and deepening humanitarian crisis, warn UN experts: Nine years on
The brain isn’t hardwired to read – here’s how we pull it off and why some are better at it than others
Statement to mark the ninth anniversary of the Myanmar military’s attack against Rohingyas
Human rights situation in Myanmar plummets to new low amid unrelenting violations and unregulated exploitation of natural resources – UN report
Strong candidates appointed to inaugural Firearms Licensing Review Committee
Greens secure changes to close police cell ‘decanting’ loophole
Labor must dump cruel prison bill, as Gellung Warl makes historic intervention
New community-informed resources support fairer employment pathways for First Nations people
Man Who Cannot Fall
Statement on Hong Kong Alliance guilty verdicts
UN Commission warns elections without essential safeguards and genuine dialogue could fuel renewed conflict and atrocity crimes: South Sudan
Toxic timber chemical legacy shows why health and safety rights are human rights
AI bias isn’t just an error in the algorithm. It’s a chain of human decisions
UN experts condemn unlawful executions for drug offences: Singapore
Australia Sets Historic Pay Floor For Delivery Drivers
New research reveals mental health toll of endometriosis and PMOS
Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts: UK
Türk alarmed by civilian casualties as hostilities escalate, urges restraint: Yemen
UN experts on business and human rights to visit Guatemala
Trying to compete with China could slow global climate action, report warns
1,792 days since the Taliban banned girls in Afghanistan from attending school
Greens Call on Labor to scrap broken aged care assessment tool following damning Four Corners report
Five Years Since Fall Of Kabul
UN expert urges Mozambique and partners to protect civilians while countering terrorism
PWDA slams Senate Committee’s Recommendation to Pass the NDIS Bill
PWDA Slams Senate Committee’s Recommendation To Pass NDIS Bill
1,792 days since the Taliban banned girls in Afghanistan from attending school
UN expert on debt and human rights to visit Tajikistan
UN experts warn against normalisation of Taliban rule: Afghanistan
UN experts raise concerns over 24-hour workday for home care workers in New York City: USA