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Refugee intake increase a step in the right direction
Funding and transparency needed for Tasmania’s long-overdue State of the Environment report
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador
WHO convenes first high-level global summit on traditional medicine to explore evidence base, opportunities to accelerate health for all
UN experts seek clarification about nine imprisoned Tibetan human rights defenders: China
FAO champions implementation of 12 projects as The Pandemic Fund rolls out first round of financing
UN Human Rights Chief ends visit to Iraq
UN Women Executive Board to convene second regular session 2023
Member States agree on International Day of Care and Support: A milestone for gender equality and sustainable societies
UN expert launches Sanctions Research Platform
Economies anchored in human rights can heal social fractures, says High Commissioner
Meeting the long-term climate threat takes more than private investment – 10 ways NZ can be smart and strategic
Senate Question Time responses on Middle East policy
UN expert to visit for human rights assessment: Central African Republic
UN expert: States must support leadership roles of Indigenous Youth
Labor’s factions force another about-face on Israel
Anti-Slavery Advocates Welcome International Development Policy
Schools Should Prepare for AI-Future
Labor’s new international development policy ignores the hard truths
Call to States to reinvigorate access to justice for all
Alarmed doctors descend on Canberra to warn of severe health risks from fracking
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on new sentence imposed on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Italy, Croatia, Uruguay, Namibia, Senegal and Turkmenistan
Türk announces closure of UN Human Rights office in Uganda
UN experts say Japan has made strides on business and human rights, but must tackle systemic challenges
Briefing on the Secretary-General’s new Vision for the Rule of Law
FAO Food Price Index rebounds in July
Professor Kerrie Wilson appointed Queensland Chief Scientist
New guidelines for Commission appointments
Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado on killings during police operations in Brazil
Activity updates from the ground: Human Rights 75
Building capacity for the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A/HRC/53/24
UN expert concerned about attack against Haitian Judge Wilner Morin
The Sudan: Food security crisis intensifies amid ongoing conflict and economic challenges
Science Week 2023 at the Australian National Maritime Museum 12- 20 August
Do phrases like ‘global boiling’ help or hinder climate action?
Forum to end mistreatment of people with disability in detention
South Sudan: FAO intensifies efforts to increase resilience of agrifood systems to threats and crises
UN experts: Cambodia’s shrinking democratic space affected credibility of national elections
CIFAL Bangkok KIcks-off with Road Safety Educational Programme
Heads of the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies call for greater investments in South Sudan to avoid a catastrophic food crisis
Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water
UN recognises Australian Government action to protect the Great Barrier Reef
UN Women Executive Director visits Rwanda, applauds remarkable progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment
UN expert says Costa Rica has an opportunity to ensure truly universal health care
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – July 2023
Australian made tool puts health and digital literacy on the map
civilian casualty update 31 July 2023: Ukraine