Human Rights Watch has released its annual report for 2026, highlighting several issues it says have tarred Australia's ...

The Australian government expanded its abusive refugee and migrant policies in 2025, Human Rights Watch said in its World ...

Australia has again failed to curb refugee abuses and rampant discrimination, including against Indigenous people, in its human rights report card.

In December 2025, Amnesty International Australia conducted polling to determine how Australians feel about a Human Rights ...

What’s happening on American streets makes clear that a charter of rights does not prevent state overreach. But human rights must be more than a debating point ...

Australia has been called out for one thing after a scathing United Nations said there was evidence of “inhumane” practices.

Australia’s push for a federal Human Rights Act is stalled by political caution and media hostility. The path forward may ...

Australia has been urged to do better on keeping children and Indigenous people out of prison, treat refugees and asylum ...

Mark Dreyfus has been appointed Australia’s special envoy on human rights. Is the government prepared to match international advocacy with concrete action at home – by finally legislating a Human ...

The Universal Periodic Review conducted by the UN Human Rights Council has flagged the need for Australia to implement a ...

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 ...