Human Rights
Human rights crisis unfolds in Sri Lanka: Part II
Caritas is one of the few aid agencies working inside the camps in Sri Lanka, but on the condition that......
Iran to execute teenagers
Human rights advocates have been outraged this week over Iran’s plans to execute two juvenile offenders. While most countries have......
Rights on the bill
There’s been a long running campaign for Australia to have its own bill of rights, that’s still not looking very......
Report urges government to act on human rights
Australia needs a national human rights act that includes specific protection of Indigenous rights. That’s according to Tom Calma, Aboriginal......
Revenge or forgiveness – the aftermath of human rights violations
South African Judge, Justice Richard Goldstone is an international war crimes prosecutor and human rights campaigner. He is best known......
Fiji defends it’s human rights record
An international legal body has expressed serious concern about the deterioration of the rule of law in Fiji since the......
China’s First Human Rights Report
After years of international pressure, China has submitted its first human rights report to the United Nations Human Rights Council.......
Do we need a bill of rights in Australia?
Well known Human Rights advocate and philanthropist, Julian Burnside QC will deliver the Hawke Centres 2008 International Human Rights day......
Indonesian Human Rights Commission vows to investigate abuse in Papua
The Deputy Chairman of Indonesia’s Human Rights Commission says the conflict in West Papua is “a burden on the nation’s......
Amnesty International calls for pressure on Iran over death penalty
In the last 30 years reports of human rights abuses in Iran have been consistent in their documentation of brutality.......