More than 50 years later, Australia still does not have a national Human Rights Act. As more people call for stronger human rights protections in our laws, the Racial Discrimination Act stands as ...

US human rights policy needs to focus to be effective. Specifically, it should revolve around three principles.

While the laws finally passed, the Human Rights Bill introduced alongside it in 1973 did not. More than 50 years later, Australia still does not have a national Human Rights Act.

Legislate a National Children’s Act and a federal Human Rights Act to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child into Australia’s domestic law. Human Rights Watch looks forward to ...

Australia marks 50 years since the Racial Discrimination Act became law. This important legislation helps make sure people are treated ...

“The Australian criminal legal system’s mistreatment of children is one of the country’s most pressing human rights concerns,” said Annabel Hennessy, Australia researcher at Human Rights ...

Instead, several amendments must be made to its founding legislation, the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009, to achieve this end. International standards on human rights institutions, ...

This is a momentous development. But what are sanctions anyway, and what do they mean for Israel’s Itamar Ben-Gvir and ...

Israel announced today that it has launched an unprecedented strike against regime targets in central Tehran, including the ...

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the UK this week announced sanctions against two members of the Israeli cabinet: ...

BENGALURU: The sub-divisional committee has recently rejected applications filed under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by individuals who had allegedly encroached u ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, told MSNBC that he plans to file suit Monday against the Trump administration ...