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UN expert publishes User Guide on right to healthy and sustainable environment
FAO formally launches Green Cities Initiative in Cameroon
Justice Minister to attend Human Rights Council
Humanitarian support for Ethiopia and Somalia
Queensland hits emissions reduction target eight years early
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Applaud Qatar’s Memorial for Enslaved Africans, Raise Questions on Mandatory HIV Testing…
In Dialogue with Honduras, Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Bill on Reparation for Victims of Human Rights Violations, Ask about…
AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem
In Dialogue with Austria, Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome the Establishment of the Police Complaints Office, Ask about High Solitary…
Australians show concern and fear about gender ideology
Choice and control: will NDIS reforms mean people with disability don’t get to decide who they live with?
Thailand’s new road safety Parliamentary Advisory Group takes aim at road crashes
Wilderlands protects 100,000 square metres of vulnerable Australian habitat through biodiversity credits
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Note Albania’s Legislation to Combat Racism in Sport, Ask about Asylum Agreement…
Israel and Iran must de-escalate conflict to protect human rights, warn UN experts
Special programme on sexual and reproductive health reports on year of progress
Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Ninth Session in Geneva and Re-Elects Claude Heller as its Chairperson
World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Australia opens on 22 April in Melbourne
As Australia reels from the Bondi attack, such mass murder incidents remain rare
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend San Marino’s Progress in Establishing a National Human Rights Institute, Ask…
The politics of recognition: Australia and the question of Palestinian statehood
People or planet? We must invest in both for a sustainable future
“You are stronger than you imagine”: Ukrainian publisher Olha Vovchok
Grattan on Friday: Albanese government can’t be accused of excessive caution any longer
More than 250 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mexico on Implementing Previous Recommendations, Ask about Implications of the Mayan…
Maritime Strategy Perspectives
Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law
Too Many People Die After Leaving Prison
AgForce Federal Court case to test whether Australia’s Great Artesian Basin is a Matter of National Environmental Significance
Former NZ PM Helen Clark: ‘Raise issues, never give up.’
UN expert on rights of people with albinism to visit Lesotho
Pacific and Gaza focus of UN talks
UNITAR holds panel discussion to advance capacities for the New Agenda for Peace
Penny Wong floats recognising Palestine ahead of two-state solution to help path to peace
Natural Touch For Coastal Defense
World must act to halt Gaza catastrophe – Peters
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens its One Hundred and Twelfth Session in Geneva
PolyU harnesses GeoAI technologies to enable sustainable urban development
Daihatsu and Toyota to Reform Structures towards the Revitalization of Daihatsu
Six months on, elderly and children trapped sick and hungry in death zone
Israeli government must face consequences for blocking humanitarian aid
Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports
Australia-Japan-Philippines-United States Maritime Cooperative Activity
ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop appointed UN special envoy            
Human Rights Council Adopts Decision on Remote Participation Modalities for Hybrid Meetings, Appoints 14 Special Procedure Mandate Holders, and Concludes Fifty-Fifth Regular Session
Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, including a Text Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Urging States to Prevent the Continued…
Nukes in space: a bad idea in the 1960s – an even worse one now