Human Rights
First Peoples communities continue to be the hardest hit by "populist, blunt and harmful" laws, the Australian Human Rights Commission says. While there has been progress on some Closing the Gap targe...
From the remote communities of the Northern Territory to the global stage of the Women Deliver Conference in Melbourne, the women of the Thamarrurr Aboriginal Women's Council have carried more than ju...
Australia stands at a turning point. The defeat of the 2023 Voice Referendum did not simply end a debate; it exposed how uncomfortable many Australians still are with the truth.
A rallies were held in Jayapura and other regions of West Papua on Tuesday to protest the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua, particularly in the Dogiyai regency. Around 7.
Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights is investigating the shooting deaths of a dozen West Papuans from a recent Jakarta military operation.
The work and advocacy of Indigenous community leader Theonila Roka Matbob in working towards securing justice and a clean-up of the Panguna mine in Bougainville has been recognised with a 2026 Goldman...
Public housing tenants from a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community are taking the Territory government to court for "failing" to provide safe housing during extreme heat.
Murri Watch's support service for Indigenous children held in Queensland police watch houses will end this year after the state government pulled its funding.
The federal government's "entirely untrue" response to calls for an urgent national youth justice summit has been slammed as ignoring legal advice.
Amnesty International says it is deeply concerned by the death in custody of a 25-year-old Aboriginal man in Darwin this week and is calling for a fully independent investigation into the circumstance...
Systems across Queensland are continuing to fail vulnerable children, the state's Indigenous children's commissioner has warned, citing punitive laws, rising demand and instability as key drivers.
New South Wales Parliament will hold an inquiry into whether the state should introduce a Human Rights Act, after both the government and the Coalition signalled their support.
The New South Wales crossbench has called for an inquiry into proposed legislation which would require government bodies to consider the impact of human rights in all decisions, laws and policies they...