The prison population in the Northern Territory has skyrocketed to more than 2,600 this month. The prison population has ...

Sarah Moulds receives funding from the Australian Research ... The UN Human Rights Council’s complaints procedure was set up to address violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms ...

“These increasing violations are a blot on Australia’s human rights reputation globally.” As the only Western democracy without a national human rights act or charter, the Australian ...

In its annual World Watch Report, Human ... women, we are deeply concerned about that." However, she says there were some positive movements over the past year too. "Despite grave human rights ...

International advocacy group Human Rights Watch says treatment of children in the criminal justice system went from bad to worse in 2024.

GENEVA – A UN committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining ... compensation to the victims and ensure similar violations do not recur. “The outsourcing of ...

State governments have "violated the rights of children" through changes to the criminal justice system across Australia in 2024, an annual global survey of human rights says. Advocacy group Human ...

A fresh report has revealed violations committed by ... The latest report emerges following the UN Human Rights Committee's finding last week that Australia was responsible for violating a human ...

GENEVA/SYDNEY, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining ... the victims and to ensure similar violations do not recur.

Australia Violated Refugees' Rights in Offshore Detention Centre, Says UN By Emma Farge and Alasdair Pal GENEVA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights ...