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On 21 November 2024 the Albanese Government introduced the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024 … Read more: Explainer: Albanese Government's Mobile Phone Ban Bill | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

This Bill purports to be a necessary response to the recent High Court decisions in NZYQ v Minister for Immigration and YBFZ v Minister for … Read more: Submission on the Migration Amendment Bill 2024 | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

Food banks are a violation of our human right to food on an unprecedented scale. Hunger should spark outrage, writes Just Fair's Alex Firth. Read more: UK's food bank crisis is violating our basic human rights – Big IssueContinue Reading

Mozambican security forces deployed to suppress nationwide post-election protests have killed at least 10 children and injured dozens more since … Read more: Mozambique: Security Force Crackdown Kills, Injures Children – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

UN Secretary-General's message, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Read more: Guterres Calls for Urgent Action to End Violence Against Women | United Nations in TürkiyeContinue Reading

Manila, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will conclude its Lakbay Karapatan Tungo sa Kamalayan (LaKarAn) Human Rights Caravan in … Read more: CHR's Lakaran caravan to culminate in Manila with LAKAD-RUN and human rights initiativesContinue Reading

A peaceful protest … Read more: March held in Wausau to advocate for human rights – WSAWContinue Reading

In temporarily occupied Crimea, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), in collaboration with fraudsters, has devised a new tactic to target … Read more: Russia's FSB in Crimea develops new method to persecute Ukrainians – human rights activistContinue Reading

Poor labour standards uncovered in the nickel industry should serve as a warning not to repeat past industrial mistakes. Read more: Critical minerals and the case for human rights in the just transition | Lowy InstituteContinue Reading

The sharp escalation in Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war is continuing with three such cases, involving the killing of as many as … Read more: Russian invaders forced unarmed Ukrainian POWs to strip naked, then killed themContinue Reading

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Faruqi v Hanson [2024] FCA 1264 In the much publicised case of Australian Tax Office (ATO)whistleblower Richard Boyle, the South Australian Court … Read more: “Piss off back to Pakistan”: Senator Hanson's remarks amount to racial discrimination, the …Continue Reading

“Children in Haiti are trapped in a vicious cycle – recruited into the very armed groups that are fuelling their desperation, and the numbers are … Read more: Haiti: Child recruitment by armed groups surges 70 per cent | UN NewsContinue Reading

Pacific solidarity drives historic UN recognition of France's human rights violations in the struggle for self-determination and decolonisation in … Read more: Historic win: UN human rights committee report raises France's human rights violations in KanakyContinue Reading