5 ways we've changed the law to protect human rights

Freedom of expression, association and assembly Global

Protests around the world explained

30 October 2019 | 2:11 pm

The past few months have seen a seemingly massive surge in protests globally.

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Individuals at risk Australia

Nearly 6 million messages of support for brave women around the world

24 October 2019 | 12:35 pm

Each year, the world’s biggest human rights event just gets bigger. Write for Rights 2018 was no...

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Human rights Australia

AFP apology to Hakeem welcome, action still needed

21 October 2019 | 11:37 am

Amnesty International Australia welcomed Australian Federal Police chief Reece Kershaw’s apology...

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Human rights Australia

Not good enough: Home Affairs systemic failure, not just ‘human error’, could easily happen again

11 October 2019 | 4:21 pm

Responding to comments by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton today that “human error” was to...

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Child rights Australia

It’s time to act on United Nations’, experts and community calls to raise the age

4 October 2019 | 11:01 am

Australia has been urged by a committee of international experts to raise the age of criminal...

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Refugee rights Asia

Australia must aid Rohingya people, not Myanmar military

19 September 2019 | 4:00 am

Two years after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign forced more than 740,000 Rohingya men, women and...

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