Social Justice
The Australian government has announced it will officially support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples next...
Politics & Economy
Pressure is mounting to release Leader of Burma’s democratic opposition movement, Aung San Su Ki, who has been under house...
Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma from Australia’s Human Rights Commission is leading an Australian delegation to the United Nations...
The Law
The United Nations was told today by Australian professor Robin Room that drug prohibition has been a failure.
Amnesty International has put Australia’s human rights record in the spotlight this week by presenting a report to the United...
Indonesian authorities have decided to allow the UN refugee agency to interview around 400 Rohingya refugees, in a marked change...
The Northern Territory Intervention will soon be the subject of a United Nations Committee inquiry. Last week, the Federal Government...
World leaders are gathered at the United Nations general assembly in New York this week. The theme for this year’s...
The UN International day of Peace will host a series of events worldwide over the next week, but in particular...
In addition to military action on the ground, the war on words between Russia, Georgia and NATO members is stepping...
