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Queensland Government to review human rights and anti-discrimination frameworks
NSW Police Force accepts all recommendations of the Independent Cultural Review
Leprosy remains a human rights concern amid persistent discrimination and exclusion, says UN expert: Colombia
UN Fact-Finding Mission FFM Welcomes Extradition Request Arising from Investigation into Venezuela 2014 crimes: Venezuela
Joint statement on human rights sanctions in response to escalating settler violence in the West Bank
UN experts: Chișinău Declaration risks weakening protections for migrants, undermines absolute prohibition of torture
Palestinian civilians are victims of all sides, trapped between the mass atrocities of Israeli forces and settlers and the fear-based rule of Hamas
$30m for school drinking water safety is a start but pollution keeps flowing
U.S. sanctions against Cuba are endangering lives and must be lifted
UN experts warn of rights violations against women and girls from Christian and other religious minority communities: Nigeria
US tariffs could create a ‘conflict of laws’ for Australian businesses
Adelaide seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges
Australians support stronger whistleblower laws, while Labor drags its feet
UN Women Statement For World Environment Day
Nominations now open for Australia’s premier event honouring human rights champions
UN experts demand truth and accountability after Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera dies in custody: Nicaragua
Indigenous Peoples gravely vulnerable to Ebola epidemic, warn UN independent experts
UN experts condemn military trial in acid attack case targeting human rights defender Andrie Yunus: Indonesia
Universities Australia’s response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Respect at Uni report
UN albinism expert to visit Pakistan
UN experts raise alarm over treatment of political prisoners, urge medical intervention: Belarus
Nicaragua Death In Custody
Specialised judicial units in Haiti
Developing a Career Contributing to Food Security in Africa: Tatsuki Sakai from Japan
‘Arrogant and utterly disrespectful’, Greens call Labor’s response to Parliamentary Inquiry into public housing demolition project
Anna Cody is wrong: women are being harmed by biological males in female spaces
3 Persons and 4 entities listed under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 – Human Rights
Further human rights sanctions in response to escalating settler violence in the West Bank
UN expert gravely concerned by persistent violence in several regions of Central African Republic
Experta de la ONU sobre la lepra realizará visita oficial: Colombia
UN experts alarmed by escalating settler terror and displacement: Occupied Palestinian Territory
Silence is not consent to child marriage, UN committee condemns: Afghanistan
UN Group of Experts appalled by Brooklyn Rivera’s death, demands accountability: Nicaragua
PWDA Submission Of NDIS Amendment Bill 2026
Australian Court allows first-ever UN expert intervention in landmark environmental case
UN experts call for full justice and accountability twenty years after the Crimes of May: Brazil
UN experts welcome UN General Assembly resolution supporting world court’s climate change ruling
Government should close the gap between policy and practice to ensure full equality for LGBT people, says expert: Mongolia
Protection of children online needs to be done right – UN Human Rights Office issues guidelines for child safety online
Community legal centres urge the Australian Government to enshrine human rights in law
Ukraine War Risks Spiralling Out of Control, Secretary-General Warns Security Council, Calls for Full, Unconditional Ceasefire
On Brazil visit, UN Experts to provide guidance on protecting Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation
Türk warns against dangerous escalation and urges return to negotiations: Ukraine
Prison overcrowding may amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, UN torture prevention body warns: France
What is the Sex Discrimination Act and how does it protect people?
UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Ecuador, Ghana and Gambia
Upcoming hearing on gender equality as a national security and economic security imperative
ACT Budget 26-27: Citizens’ jury to support the next stage of voluntary assisted dying policy

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