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UN experts alarmed by yearlong detention of woman human rights defender Ruth López: El Salvador
Public hearing on gender equality as a national security and economic security imperative
I’m running for the NSW Parliament because Australia’s free speech crisis must end
UN experts alarmed by complicity of online pornographic platforms and other intermediaries in sexual exploitation of women and girls
UN Women statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
UN expert commends economic development and digitalisation, urges decisive action for sustainable participatory economy: Kazakhstan
UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons: Mongolia
UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers to visit Poland
Full Federal Court finds two acts of direct discrimination in Giggle v Tickle appeal
How menstruation is being weaponised in war
Independent UN body finds systemic racism against people of African descent: Colombia
Rural transformation risks leaving peasants behind, political will needed to move forward, say UN experts: Ghana
Record high prison numbers hiding crisis in remand services
UN experts alarmed by crackdown on families of disappeared persons and civil society: Algeria
UN expert alarmed by systemic erosion of the right to protest: United Kingdom
Türk urges repeal of special military tribunal law passed by Israeli Knesset
Experts urge Equatorial Guinea to uphold international obligations and halt returns of those at risk
Brisbane human rights seminar – interview opportunities
Perth seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges
Every Child Matters – Landmark Amendments to the Care and Protection of Children Act
Kiwi or not to be: can a citizenship test really measure what it means to be a New Zealander?
Joint Declaration on Sudan – Adopted by the Joint Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the…
UN torture prevention body to make first visit to places of detention: France
Call for urgent national action after UN raises ‘grave concerns’ about treatment of Indigenous children
UN experts urge Nepal to halt mass forced evictions in Kathmandu
The copyright fight that could chill investigative reporting
Submission Guide | Modern Slavery Bill
UN experts on people of African descent to visit Mexico
Singapore’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Government silence fuels fears for children and adult forcibly disappeared in apparent reprisal, UN experts say: Guinea
Sierra Leone’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Türk calls on Tunisia to end repressive measures against civil society and media
UN Human Rights Chief to conduct official visits to Mongolia and Republic of Korea 10-14 May
France risks undermining Kanak Indigenous People’s self-determination in New Caledonia, UN committee warns
Latvia’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
UN Human Rights Office signs Host Country Agreement with Somalia
The human rights record of the Solomon Islands to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Seychelles’ human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Israel must release Gaza-bound flotilla activists
NZ Pay Equity Rollback Triggers UN Complaint
IDAHOBIT 2026: Celebrating Inclusion And Democracy
Test to strengthen citizenship by grant process
Somalia’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Civilians impacted amid clashes: Mali
Palau’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Is New Zealand sliding toward a US-style approach to immigration and asylum?
Byron Shire Council raises alarm over cost-shifting Crown Land Bill
Statement by UN experts deploring widespread attacks on healthcare in Sudan, 10 years after Security Council Resolution 2286

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