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Northern Territory Police Commissioner Delivers Apology Speech at Garma Festival
UN Syria Commission of Inquiry calls for justice, including accountability and effective remedies, for ISIL crimes: Ten years after the Yazidi genocide
Türk says crucial to continue fight against impunity after ruling in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre
Women’s rights trailblazer Susan Ryan AO honoured with new sculpture
New survey finds only a quarter of Australians understand facial recognition technology despite its widespread use
UN Fact-Finding Mission expresses alarm over human rights violations in post-election context: Venezuela
Urgent need to build a culture of gender equality, say UN experts: Dominican Republic
Model to follow for definitive abolition of the death penalty, says Special Rapporteur: Côte d’Ivoire
UNITAR and DESA Launch 2024 SDGs in Practice, a Special Event of the HLPF
Reject rights-violating petition, say UN experts: Kazakhstan
Palestinian detainees held arbitrarily and secretly, subjected to torture and mistreatment: UN report
Commissioner urges stronger government commitment to Disability Royal Commission findings
statement from Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations regarding Government Response to Disability Royal Commission today Wednesday 31 July
ACT Government response to the Disability Royal Commission Final Report
Greens continue to challenge the Chief Minister to divest from companies profiting from genocide in Palestine
Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment
Experts dismayed by life sentences handed down to human rights defenders: United Arab Emirates
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Venezuela
Independent Expert calls for transparency and independence in the selection process of new Commissioners for Truth Commission: Central African Republic
‘Right to a Safe Climate’ could be enshrined in Victorian Law, Due to Push by Young Victorians, Supported by the Greens
Australians like facial recognition for ID but don’t want it used for surveillance, new survey shows
Hugh de Kretser commences as Human Rights Commission President
Commissioner Katie Kiss welcomes Malarndirri McCarthy as new Minister for Indigenous Australians
Centre for Western Sydney releases pivotal anti-racism issues paper
Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can justify it? Here’s how the arguments against EVs stack up
Working Group on business and human rights to visit Colombia
UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers to visit: Chile
Independent expert welcomes European Court decision validating conventionality of French law of 13 April 2016 criminalising purchase of sexual acts
UN experts: Russia must free human rights defender Alexey Sokolov arrested for posting Facebook logo
National action plan on indigenous rights among measures needed to improve human rights, says expert: Cambodia
Migrant workers have long been too scared to report employer misconduct. A new visa could change this
Special Rapporteur concerned by European Court decision on anti-prostitution law
Free speech on campus needs to be protected, not attacked, say experts: USA
UN experts call for immediate end to violent crackdown and full accountability for human rights violations: Bangladesh
Türk decries government crackdown, urges respect for international human rights standards: Bangladesh
Experts urge immediate end to discrimination and violence against Ahmadis: Pakistan
Commissioner Katie Kiss Pays Tribute To Linda Burney
Here To Stay – Working To Future Proof NDIS
Race Discrimination Commissioner welcomes Multicultural Framework Review
A major multiculturalism review has recommended bold reforms. How far is the government prepared to go?
Special Rapporteur: Israeli authorities must stop targeting Palestinian human rights defenders
Journalists Gershkovich and Kurmasheva’s sham trials and imprisonment a chilling warning to all journalists, say UN experts: Russia
Sudan Fact-Finding Mission documents disturbing patterns of rights violations on mission in Chad
Govt must act on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine
Tragedy and hope: what the abuse-in-care report will say and what has to happen now
Strong Support For EU And Free Trade Agreement
More pathways to support for victims and survivors of human trafficking
‘Atrocity crimes’ must be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, says Special Rapporteur: Iran

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