Human rights

Raising the community’s voice is ensuring people with serious illness and those around them are accessing the best possible care

Supporting climate adaptation for vulnerable peoples is not just a matter of ‘aid’ but rather a legal obligation that must be met

There’s a disparity between words and action when it comes to the Commonwealth’s record in implementing human rights

Sustained COVID-19 lockdowns in prisons weigh on the mental health of people in custody. Are we doing enough to protect them?

COVID-19 has exposed the urgent need to reform incarceration systems globally to end overcrowding and improve health care

Using witness accounts and smuggled information, researchers and technicians have created a 3D digital model of the infamous but dismantled Manus Island Detention Centre

The COVID-19 pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded on board ships, leading to a ‘crew change crisis’ that needs urgent action

It’s 75 years since the United Nations was formed in 1945 after the Second World War, and one of its major achievements is to have survived for so long

Managing COVID-19 has divided Victorians with some believing that their human rights are at risk, particularly when it comes to curfews

The United Nation’s Guiding Principles on business and human rights are struggling to gain traction in places where abuses are just business-as-usual for powerful elites