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Australia must show leadership on negotiating legally binding UN Global Plastics Treaty
Urgent need for UN Convention on Human Rights of Older Persons
Encouraged by progress but more needs to be done to prevent exploitation affecting marginalised, says expert
Comment by UN Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on corporal punishment in Afghanistan Geneva,
Latest Taliban treatment of women and girls may be crime against humanity, say UN experts: Afghanistan
UN expert: Argentina’s pending debt is effective investigation and prevention of all unlawful deaths
Quadripartite welcomes new political commitments in fight against antimicrobial resistance
Animals are key to restoring world’s forests
UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Nicaragua, Somalia and Uganda
UN expert to examine sale and exploitation of children issues: Philippines
Missile strikes on Ukraine and alleged POW executions underscore why international law must be respected
Belarus’ withdrawal from individual complaints procedure serious setback for human rights protection, UN Human Rights Committee says
UN expert condemns targeting of prosecutor and judge: Guatemala
UNHCR warns rising tide of hunger, insecurity, and underfunding worsening gender-based violence risks
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
RSCA teams up with Woolworths in Swan Hill to fight worker exploitation
Ending violence against women and girls key to tackling global crises and achieving prosperity
UN expert hails women’s inclusion in government, urges action on persons with disabilities: Albania
Women and girls are more at risk to be killed at home, UN Women report on femicide
UN committee concludes country visit, calls for urgent legislative reform and attention to victims
UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls for probe into Xinjiang rights violations: China
Richmond Park to light up orange: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
UN experts: Humanitarian exemptions in unilateral sanctions regimes ineffective and inefficient
Official UN Commemoration of International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
UN torture prevention body announces upcoming visits in 2023
Three events explore concepts of te ao Māori
UN experts demand immediate release of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez: One year in detention
Resumption of executions for drug-related offences: Saudi Arabia
Cumberland City Council celebrates all abilities at Festival of Ability for International Day of People with Disabilities
Civilian casualty update 21 November 2022: Ukraine
World Fisheries Day: FAO and Vatican urge social protection for fishers
Codex Alimentarius Commission: 21
Tonga eruption confirmed as largest ever recorded
ActionAid hails loss and damage fund outcome at COP27 as victory for people living on front lines of climate disasters
Australian leadership will be crucial to future global climate action
UN Human Rights Chief condemns brutal killing of two girls, alarmed by sharp rise in violence at Al-Hol camp
Strengthening Capacities of Andean Community Member States to Collect Road Traffic Crashes Data
UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner appeals for solutions in South Sudan
UN experts: Global emergency of child exploitation and abuse needs global action
UN experts alarmed by harassment of civil society actors at COP27 climate summit
Quadripartite launches new platform to tackle antimicrobial resistance threat to human and animal health and ecosystems
Antimicrobial resistance: Now is time for collective action
UNHCR: Refugees and displaced people need seats at COP28 table
UN Refugee Agency calls for ban on forced returns of asylum-seekers to eastern DR Congo
UN expert on truth and justice to visit Serbia and Kosovo*
What has Australia achieved at COP27?
Diverting children away from criminal justice system gives them a chance to ‘grow out’ of crime
How signing waiver in human rights cases favours powerful