Human rights

Human Rights Watch has criticised Australia for its laws allowing children as young as 10 to be held criminally liable.

The commissioner will work with Governments, businesses, and non-government organisations to “fight against modern slavery.”

Qld Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said the review will look at the staffing, training and operations of the state’s facilities.

Independent Senator David Pocock and Teal MP Kylea Tink have drafted a law to treat housing as a human right in Australia.

The Government says it won’t establish a Human Rights Act, despite a recommendation from a Parliamentary Committee.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced its seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

A group of older Swiss women have won a climate lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights, in what experts have called a landmark ruling.

At least 49 people are dead in Papua New Guinea due to tribal fights. It’s been described as one of the biggest massacres in recent years.

Human rights laws in Australia are falling behind other Western democracies, Human Rights Watch has said in their latest global report.

Uganda is set to impose the death penalty for homosexuality in some circumstances after its Parliament overwhelmingly passed a harsh new law.

QLD’s controversial youth crime laws aim to combat repeat offenders, despite concerns over human rights violations.