Human Rights
Anti Chinalco ad uses massacre to try to stop deal
Does a new ad use the front of human rights to cover business and political interests? Although the ad is......
Indigenous Human Rights – Is Australia lagging?
A UN committee has reviewed our compliance to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. In a report......
Shell on trial for human rights abuses in Nigeria
A David and Goliath battle that has raged for over a decade is about to be heard in the American......
Human rights crisis unfolds in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan government succeeded this week in wiping out the rebel force, the Tamil Tigers. It’s being hailed a......
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......