Explainer: New national and NSW hate crime laws | Australian Human Rights Commission
… similar updates to NSW laws. This explainer is designed to help readers better understand these changes and the potential human rights implications. Read more: Explainer: New national and NSW hate crime laws | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading
First results from an independent human rights and environmental impact assessment of the …
That's why the Human Rights Law Centre has been supporting people in Bougainville to seek remedies for devastation left behind by Rio Tinto's Panguna … Read more: First results from an independent human rights and environmental impact assessment of the …Continue Reading
Misinformation is poisoning our democracy | Human Rights Law Centre
These laws should be grounded in human rights to balance our right to free speech with the rights of others, while holding big tech platforms … Read more: Misinformation is poisoning our democracy | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading
Fighting back against big corporations silencing community voices
Human rights defenders, community groups, journalists, activists, and whistleblowers must be protected from being dragged through expensive and … Read more: Fighting back against big corporations silencing community voicesContinue Reading
Human rights activists demand justice for victim of 'custodial torture' – The Hindu
Human Rights Forum demands suspension of police involved in alleged custodial torture of V. Samson in NTR district. Read more: Human rights activists demand justice for victim of 'custodial torture' – The HinduContinue Reading
Human Rights Commissioner says NZYQ Nauru resettlement announcement raises more …
Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around an Australian … Read more: Human Rights Commissioner says NZYQ Nauru resettlement announcement raises more …Continue Reading
Pierre Tartakowsky, Honorary President of the French Human Rights League (LDH) – Le Monde
Pierre Tartakowsky, Honorary President of the French Human Rights League (LDH): 'France, like others in Europe, is experiencing a rapid and brutal … Read more: Pierre Tartakowsky, Honorary President of the French Human Rights League (LDH) – Le MondeContinue Reading
Pro bono Year in Review 2024 | Global law firm – Norton Rose Fulbright
These impact areas are environment and sustainability, human rights (including supporting refugees and the victims of modern slavery), financial abuse … Read more: Pro bono Year in Review 2024 | Global law firm – Norton Rose FulbrightContinue Reading
Sudan: Entrenched impunity fuelling gross human rights violations and abuses [EN/AR]
News and Press Release in Arabic on Sudan about Protection and Human Rights; published on 18 Feb 2025 by OHCHR. Read more: Sudan: Entrenched impunity fuelling gross human rights violations and abuses [EN/AR]Continue Reading
Ending Abuse of Forcibly Displaced LGBTQ+ People in Immigration Detention
It describes forms of violence, discrimination, prejudicial treatment, and other human rights violations that LGBTQ+ forcibly displaced people … Read more: Ending Abuse of Forcibly Displaced LGBTQ+ People in Immigration DetentionContinue Reading
EU must demand progress on human rights in India – Civicus
Indian authorities continue to arbitrarily detain human rights defenders and severely restrict civic freedoms, civil society and dissenting voices. Read more: EU must demand progress on human rights in India – CivicusContinue Reading
The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights rules that Meta's algorithm engages in …
Today, the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights issued its ruling in response to a petition filed by Global Witness and Bureau Clara Wichmann … Read more: The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights rules that Meta's algorithm engages in …Continue Reading
Mexico: Woman Human Rights defender still disappeared – Amnesty International
Mexico: Woman Human Rights defender still disappeared … Defender Sandra Domínguez and her husband Alexander Hernández disappeared on 4 October, 2024. Read more: Mexico: Woman Human Rights defender still disappeared – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading
Central African Republic: Independent Expert to visit for human rights assessment
News and Press Release in English on Central African Republic about Protection and Human Rights; published on 18 Feb 2025 by UN HRC. Read more: Central African Republic: Independent Expert to visit for human rights assessmentContinue Reading
Bridging human rights and mental health in Ethiopia – Queen's Law
Wondwossen Firew, PhD'25, shares his doctoral research on the intersection of state power, human rights, and mental illness – and what drives his … Read more: Bridging human rights and mental health in Ethiopia – Queen's LawContinue Reading