With the Australian federal election (declared for May 3, 2025), now in campaign mode, let’s look at a crucial aspect of ...

2016 marks the 40 th anniversary of the first major group of refugee arrivals seeking asylum and protection directly from Australia. On 26 April 1976 ... right to seek asylum from persecution. These ...

Human rights lawyers and Aboriginal leaders have lodged a complaint urging the United Nations to address Australia's "discriminatory" and "punitive" youth justice policies.Hannah McGlade and Megan ...

Laws on so-called “civil unions” or ... 3 Nicholas Toonen v Australia, Human Rights Committee, Case no. 488/1992, UN Doc. CCPR/c/50/D/488/1992, at 8.7. 4 Prohibitions on same-sex marriage ...

(Sydney) – Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care, Human Rights Watch said in a ...

with expertise in international human rights law. Her focus is children's rights. She says parents play a key role in a child’s right to grow up healthy. “Australia benefits from the ...

Australian ambassador pulls no punches on human rights concerns after rare visit”. This time around, however, the Australian government issued no public statement on human rights and the trip ...