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Jobs market and retail service are hotspots for age discrimination
Shaping the future of cotton – Grower’s Voice and Carbon Chat tour hits the road
Law reform push to promote dignity, autonomy and support in decision-making
Working Group on discrimination against women and girls to visit Zimbabwe
Türk hails landmark ICJ ruling affirming States’ human rights obligations with respect to climate change
Widespread impunity for violence and discrimination against minorities must end, warn UN experts: Pakistan
UN experts call for end to Israeli State and settler violence in the West Bank
UN report documents human rights violations of forced returnees: Afghanistan
UN expert on right to peaceful assembly acknowledges progress and urges Chile to settle outstanding debts with victims
Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice
Disability Discrimination Commissioner urges Qld Govt to scrap plans to build more segregated schools
Physically restricting mental health patients can often harm them – my new study suggests compassion could change that
Kneecap’s stance on Gaza extends a long history of the Irish supporting other oppressed peoples
Doctors shouldn’t be allowed to object to medical care if it harms their patients
West bank: record number of Palestinian children displaced due to home demolitions in the first half of 2025
Queensland coal mine goes against orders of Federal Government: “Tearing through our Country”, Traditional Owners say
Submission to the Department of Social Services Next Steps in Supported Employment: Consultation on the way forward
UN experts urge Taliban to release older British couple held in underground cells, as their health deteriorates: Afghanistan
In a world first, The Hague wants to arrest Taliban leaders over their treatment of women – what happens next?
Employer biases against older and younger generations hindering Australian workforce productivity
Conservationists challenge approval of Whitehaven’s Winchester South coal mine
Best Practice Legislative Development Checklist
UN torture expert welcomes inclusion of prisoners’ treatment in landmark climate ruling
UN experts appalled by mass forced returns of Afghan nationals
UN experts call for end to anguish of families seeking truth about disappeared loved ones in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
Returns of Afghans creating multi-layered human rights crisis: Afghanistan
Türk calls for immediate steps to ensure protection of people in Suweida and across Syria
UN Human Rights Office to open mission in Bangladesh
Prime Minister’s Visit To China
Greens call for NZ Govt to take UK’s lead and lower voting age
‘AI is not intelligent at all’: Why our dignity is at risk
UN expert denounces genocidal violence against women and girls: Gaza
UN Human Rights Chief deplores killing of dozens of civilians in Kordofan: Sudan
Bill establishing amnesty for atrocity crimes violates international standards, say UN experts: Peru
Reinforcing commitment to disability community
Race Discrimination Commissioner calls for nationally coordinated response to racism, including antisemitism
UN experts call for investigations into deaths in custody: Belarus
Senator Outraged By Treatment Of SA Indigenous Prisoner
Federal Court judgment won’t stop the push for climate justice, says UNSW expert
UN Syria Commission deeply alarmed by Suwayda violence, urges de-escalation, civilian protection and respect for human rights
Impact on civilians of wave of Russian attacks underscores need for immediate ceasefire: Ukraine
Artificial Intelligence In Workplace: Resource For New Zealand Trade Unions
UN experts alarmed by deteriorating human rights situation of lawyers: Tunisia
“It’s breaking our family”: Survey reveals devastating impact of NDIS eligibility reassessments
Australia must defend fundamental international legal principles and international institutions
‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it
UN expert on right to housing to visit Guatemala
UN expert on human trafficking to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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