Human rights

Brazil’s Women’s World Cup team has arrived in Australia on a plane that pays tribute to Iranian human rights protesters. 

Iranian-born human rights advocate and actor Nazanin Boniadi has been awarded the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize.

Global sustainable investment expert Fiona Reynolds has been appointed the new Board Chair of UN Global Compact Network Australia (UNGCNA).

The cause of the problem is the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021. And is set to make our record on CEDAW reporting even worse.

Lorraine Finlay’s appointment as the new human rights commissioner was not conducted transparently, writes Justine Nolan.

Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah had been detained in Saudi Arabia for nearly three years, first arrested in August 2018.

There is no photographic evidence as tragically compelling of our disregard for children than the heart-shattering image of Kopika Murugappan leaning over to kiss the cheek of her crying three-year-old sister Tharunicaa.

More than 300 schoolgirls were abducted on Friday when unidentified gunmen raided a school in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria.

Hathloul, a leading campaigner for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in May 2018 in a crackdown on dissent.

Australia has faced international pressure at the UN’s human rights council to improve its standing on human rights issues.

2020 must be a turning point, says June Oscar AO, Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.

Iran has freed Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian academic who has been detained in the country for more than two years.