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Prime Minister to attend 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting
War on women – Women killed in armed conflicts double in 2023
View from The Hill: We have bigger issues around freedom of speech than Lidia Thorpe’s noisy protest
Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Colombia following Security Council Session on 15 October
Victims must be at the core of action to combat enforced disappearance, says Working Group
Special Rapporteur to study transitional justice responses to mass human rights violations, transnational violence and negationism
Greece needs to strengthen effective torture prevention measures, UN torture prevention body finds
Access to information vital for effective climate action and human rights protection
UN expert: Strengthen regulation of hazardous chemicals to stop gender-related health harms from toxic exposure
Official Visitors Vacancies Now Open At QCS
Wider action needed to improve lives of all persons with albinism and HPS, says UN expert: United States
Addressing global water and food crisis crucial for human rights, says Special Rapporteur
UN expert on Afghanistan to visit Canada
Freedom of expression in a global crisis, says UN expert
UN expert: Stigmatising activists creates criminalisation and repression and cost lives worldwide
NT Youth Crime Laws Fail Children And Community
UN expert: Trafficking for all purposes of exploitation undermines the women peace and security agenda
Sudan faces one of the worst famines in decades, warn UN experts
Experts call for urgent action amid crackdown on civil society ahead of elections: Tanzania
More reforms needed to address unequal treatment among religious and belief groups, says UN expert: Hungary
Greens calls on Labor to fully fund the implementation of a national anti-racism strategy
Court ruling puts human rights defender in danger if extradited to Viet Nam, say experts: Thailand
UN expert concerned at reported use of family ties as sole grounds for sanctions designations
National consultations show widespread, systemic racism damaging lives
Parliamentarians Unite in Berlin to Sign Global Statement Supporting the WHO Pandemic Agreement
Israel must stop violent settler attacks on Palestinian farmers that threaten their olive harvest, say UN experts
Are people willing to pay more for sustainability credentials?
Up to 21,000 people are dying each day from conflict-fuelled hunger around the world
Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding
Experts urge States to fully integrate human rights at COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
UN international mission reveals gross human rights violations in Venezuela during 2024 electoral period
Türk calls on Tunisia to uphold rule of law and democratic freedoms
Race Discrimination Commissioner condemns neo-Nazi rally in regional NSW
Two decades after decriminalisation, NZ’s sex workers still need protection from discrimination
UN experts concerned over safety of migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking: Tunisia
Humanitarian Assistance To Myanmar
Australia has led the way regulating gene technology for over 20 years. Here’s how it should apply that to AI
One year on, it’s important that Indigenous education rights are advocated for by all despite the Voice result
Year Our Voice Broke: Fallout From Failed Referendum
Boosting Detention Centre Search Powers
Special Rapporteur on sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children to visit Germany
Special Rapporteur: Children facing higher risk of sexual abuse and exploitation from misuse of technologies
NT Government urged not to lower age of criminal responsibility
Hope returns to Kashmir after elections, but the ultimate power still belongs to Narendra Modi’s government
We must ‘help way earlier’ – united call to address systemic failures of Australia’s youth justice systems
Second Public Hearing – Inquiry into Australia’s global efforts to abolish the death penalty
“Visibility means possibility”: Plan International Australia, Phoebe Tonkin and Stan celebrate girls’ infinite potential this International Day of the Girl
UN Commission finds war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israeli attacks on Gaza health facilities and treatment of detainees, hostages