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Majority of Australia’s high-use pesticides banned overseas
Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on 27 March on Minab school strike: Iran
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation backs science with funding commitment for sexual and reproductive rights
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances publishes findings on Ecuador, Iraq, Malawi and Samoa
Türk calls for immediate release of UN, humanitarian staff detained in Yemen
Uncle Bob honoured as a trailblazer, bringing together scientists and Traditional Owners
UN Special Rapporteur expresses deep concern over announcements of pardons for members of security forces involved in human rights violations
UN expert urges Mexico to promote environmental justice actions on toxic substances and wastes
Sharp increase in civilian deaths as a result of growing drone warfare: Sudan
UN experts demand immediate release of Dr Abu Safiya after reports of “severe torture”
UN experts urgently call for lasting peace: Afghan-Pakistani border
Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on 25 March on recent military aggression by Iran against Gulf States, Jordan
Sharp increase in civilian deaths as a result of growing warfare: Sudan
Gangs expand reach in Haiti amid persistent deadly violence – UN Human Rights Office report
Australian Prime Minister Press conference – Parliament House, Canberra
How and why NZ could be drawn into the Iran war – and the high stakes involved
Aspiring Olympians awarded first-of-its-kind AOC Griffith Sports Scholarships
UN expert warns torture has become ‘state doctrine’ in Israel, making prisons instruments of genocide and torture
Australia’s biodiversity report card leaves out destructive population expansion
UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Andorra, Canada, Chad, Moldova and Slovakia
Call for doctors to partner with Australia’s Indigenous people to demand climate action
Alarming UN climate report highlights the risk and opportunity for Australia
Displaying personnel parity with pride
Alarming setbacks in transitional justice on 50th anniversary of coup d’état, warn UN experts: Argentina
State-backed terror squads at the forefront of Israel’s ethnic cleansing and annexation policy in the West Bank, warn UN experts
Urgent action needed to end widespread violence against human rights defenders – UN report: Colombia
Civilians bear brunt of reckless war in the Middle East, says Türk
Six Priorities For Fuel Tsar
What does One Nation actually believe in?
China is ready to drive leadership of a low-carbon world – by making the international rules
Closing the gender gap in agrifood systems can help reduce food insecurity and boost global GDP: FAO gender experts
FAO celebrates 2026 International Day of Forests and World Water Day
Australian National Statement in the IMO Council’s 36th Extraordinary Session
Indigenous-led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions
New research highlights a systems approach to sustainability in tourist accommodation
Justice must work for all women and girls, and for every generation – At CSW70, young leaders and women’s rights advocates tackle…
Fourteen New Colombo Plan Scholars Take Flight
Planet – Scycle’s Contribution Towards Sustainable and Circular Electronics Systems
Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree
Call continues for Koala Protection Act (KPA)
Advancing the Human Rights of Older Persons in Australia: Support for a national Human Rights Act
Nepali officer glad he made the switch
Only 1 in 7 countries is led by a woman as global political power remains dominated by men
Justice is the foundation of every right that women and girls are entitled to – CSW70 calls for action to close the justice gap
Your year to volunteer – recognising the people who make East Gippsland stronger
Australian fossil fuel subsidies growing faster than NDIS, hitting $16.3 billion in 2025-26
FAO’s Food and Agriculture Museum and Network links with new WOW Agrifood Museum in Siena
PWDA Submission On NDIS Rules: New Framework Planning