As Australia enters a new electoral term with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese back at the helm, and world affairs in a state of turmoil, it is critical to ask whether human rights will get deserved ...

The world remains fixated on the horrifying Jeffrey Epstein scandal, but experts say there’s a dark blind spot much closer to ...

A group of Palestinian human rights organisations launch legal action against the defence minister seeking transparency over Australia's arms exports to Israel.

Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre published a report on Wednesday finding that the ability to protest in Australia has been eroded by anti-protest legislation over the last two decades. The report, ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should focus on human rights concerns and democratic backsliding at the upcoming summit with Southeast Asian leaders. Human rights conditions have worsened ...

Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change. After an inquiry lasting more than a year, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission Wednesday renewed its call for Australia to adopt its own national human rights act, releasing a position paper detailing what the act might include. Stating ...

Australia’s human rights watchdog has warned the nation is falling behind on its international human rights obligations, as ...

A ‘tough on crime’ political culture tends to bring the same solution to every crisis: harsher laws. That’s a problem. When media reports emerged earlier this year about a new youth “crime wave” of ...

Australia's Irvine says Trump peace prize makes a mockery of FIFA Human Rights Policy ...