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Nuclear justice demanded at UN as Pacific nations recall devastating legacy from unauthorised testing
Kiribati and the Marshall Islands have detailed the human cost of nuclear testin...
Andrew Mathieson 28 May 2026
Vanuatu leads the Pacific to pass landmark United Nations climate change ruling
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution to enforce the legal...
Andrew Mathieson 25 May 2026
United Nations urges Canada to stop assimilatory impacts of the ‘Indian Act’
The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recently...
Giovanni Torre 13 May 2026
The world is watching Australia breach its human rights obligations, legal body says
The United Nations' finding that the overrepresentation of Indigenous children i...
Dechlan Brennan 8 May 2026
Advocates say Australia's UNDRIP inaction continues to fail Stolen Generations survivors
Stolen Generations survivors continue to be disadvantaged when the rights of Ind...
Dechlan Brennan 29 Apr 2026
'First Nations children in Canada should not have to wait for justice' - advocates

The Our Children Our Way Secretariat, British Columbia's Indigenous Child and Family Services peak body, has taken its call for justice to the world stage.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 27, 2026
More deaths following latest military action in West Papua

The Indonesian military has been accused of attacking a refugee camp in West Papua territory, reportedly killing at least nine people including a toddler and a pregnant woman.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Apr 22, 2026
Canadian First Nations leaders fight back against attack on Indigenous rights in British Columbia

Canadian Indigenous leaders have urged legislators in British Columbia to vote down a bill which would suspended parts of the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 20, 2026
From villages to the UN: Samoa highlights justice model for women and girls

Samoa has taken its village-based approach to justice for women and girls to the global stage, outlining how community leadership, national legislation and local investment are shaping support systems...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Mar 12, 2026
Vanuatu takes stand on UN climate change resolution

The Pacific islands of Vanuatu are standing up to the US government over a United Nations global warming resolution, demanding the world's major polluters pay reparations for failing to stem climate c...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Mar 9, 2026
United Nations renews campaign to end global colonialism

The United Nations Secretary-General has warned the enduring legacy of colonialism — marked by entrenched economic exploitation, racism, inequality and exclusion from decision-making — con...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Feb 20, 2026
Nyiyaparli woman Jahna Cedar to represent Australia at United Nations women’s forum

Jahna Cedar OAM, a proud Nyiyaparli woman from Western Australia's Pilbara region, has been selected to join the Australian delegation to the 70th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Statu...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Feb 3, 2026
United Nations report condemns treatment of young people at Tasmanian youth detention centre

A United Nations review of Australia's human rights compliance has heavily criticised Northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre (Ashley), the facility labelled an especially serious example of...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jan 30, 2026
Human Rights Act a must as UN slams Australia's age of criminal responsibility

Australia's human rights framework — which allows children as young as 10 to be incarcerated in most jurisdictions — has been sharply criticised by the international community, with critic...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 28, 2026
UN condemns Australia over rising remand numbers and the jailing of ten-year-olds

The United Nations Human Rights Council has criticised Australia for the "almost constant increase" in the number of people held on remand and the country's "very low age of criminal responsibility"...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 27, 2026
On Invasion Day, Australia cannot dodge the truth in Geneva

Our people have always told the truth about what January 26 means. Dispossession. Violence. Stolen Land. Stolen children. Attempted cultural and linguistic erasure.

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Nerita Waight Jan 26, 2026
Occupation of West Papua casts shadow over Indonesia's rise to presidency of UN Human Rights Council

Human rights violations against Indigenous West Papuans on their ancestral territory makes Indonesia's appointment to head the United Nations Human Rights Council a "mockery" of the position, accordin...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jan 19, 2026
Justice systems failing First Nations people, UN body says

"Unreasonable and oppressive" conditions in Northern Territory watch houses, a drastically rising remand population in the criminal justice system, and significant challenges for prisoners to access r...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 17, 2025
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