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UN expert: UN-backed roadmap provides blueprint for eradicating poverty beyond growth
UN experts warn Jagtar Singh Johal’s prolonged detention amounts to psychological torture: India
No exit without a safety net: Psychosocial supports and the NDIS
Appointment of Dr Joumanah El-Matrah as CEO of Safe and Equal
Commissioners welcome Ombudsman probe of automated aged care assessments
State of human rights in Australia to be assessed in National Press Club address by Australian Human Rights Commission President
UN women’s rights committee reaffirms protection of girls from prostitution and sexual exploitation
Human Rights Council President appoints Chair of Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela
 UN experts condemn Government move to invalidate passports of exiled opponents: Belarus
UN experts warn of torture, suicide attempts, deaths and reprisals in custody: Belarus
PWDA public statement regarding the passing of the NDIS Amendment (Safeguarding and Integrity) Bill 2025
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk to visit Mexico 19-22 April
UN experts urge transparency and respect for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Ngorongoro: Tanzania
Open seminar on academic freedom: “We must continue to fight for Ahmadreza Djalali”
Reports of burial sites highlight hidden cost of renewed violence, UN Commission calls for proper handling and investigation: South Sudan
Legal scholars advocate for sustained Jewish-Muslim dialogue
UN experts demand accountability for trafficking allegations in ‘Epstein files’, warn of continuing violence of patriarchal power systems
Apple accelerates progress with highest-ever recycled material in its products
Canada cannot afford to lose international research talent – here’s what needs to change
Cases of artist Gao Zhen and lawyer Yu Wensheng: China
UN experts condemn Israel’s unprecedented bombing in Lebanon after ceasefire announcement, demand immediate halt to hostilities
Concerns over trial of artist Gao Zhen: China
UN experts condemn human rights defender Zweli ”Khabazela” Mkhize’s murder: South Africa
UN experts alarmed by law targeting LGBT, women’s rights advocates and independent voices in Belarus
A perfect storm: UniSQ report warns housing disaster accelerating in the regions as laws fall short
ACOSS Condemns Anti-immigration Rhetoric
New report gives voice to racism experienced by Australia’s Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian, Arab and Israeli communities
Draft antisemitism law could seriously undermine free expression and other human rights, warn UN experts: France
UN Human Rights expert on Sudan renews calls for dialogue, accountability as conflicts enters fourth year
As RRE rolls into 150 NSW schools, Family First recommits to removing gender fluid ideology from the classroom
UN experts call for end to attacks on Gaza shelters, forced displacement in West Bank
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Russian designation of Memorial as “extremist”
Palestinians across Gaza unsafe six months on from ceasefire announcement, says Türk
Iran Fact-Finding Mission calls on parties to the devastating regional conflict to end hostilities and investigate alleged violations, and strongly condemns violent rhetoric
Honduras must implement Group of Experts recommendations on Berta Cáceres case, says UN expert
Bulgaria violated freedom of association by denying registration of an ethnic Macedonian rights organisation, UN committee finds
UN experts welcome Truth Commission on violations committed during Civil War and Franco dictatorship: Spain
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Serbia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso and Cuba
Türk says erosion of civic space is very worrying: Serbia
UN experts: Strategy of blatant abuse of counter-terrorism and extremism laws to destroy Russian civil society must end
Permanent Forum on People of African Descent marks five-year milestone with Geneva session
Türk condemns deadly wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Regional conflict has eclipsed surge in human rights violations against Palestinians, UN Commission of Inquiry says
Australian children’s data at risk through approved school apps
Conference on negative impact of sanctions in humanitarian action at Palais des Nations this week
UN experts urge immediate protection of civilians amid escalating crisis: South Sudan
UN expert urges Tunisia to end criminalisation of Judge Anas Hmedi
End the unjust detention and immediately release human rights defender Idris Khattak, facing life-threatening health risk – Experts: Pakistan

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