Last week, a cross-regional group of countries – led by Iceland, with support from Chile and South Africa – called on the ...

(Sydney) – Western Australia’s child protection authorities are disproportionately removing children from Aboriginal families and placing them in out-of-home care, Human Rights Watch said in a ...

Over 35 human rights organizations on Friday issued an open letter, addressed to the leaders of Australia’s three major ...

A 15-year-old girl was held inside the Palmerston police watch house for three nights after the Northern Territory Local Court recently withdrew an on-call judge service. National Children's ...

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The sale of anonymous prepaid SIM cards is to be banned in the EU. This is provided for in a draft by the Polish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, as reported by the British civil rights ...

Former Alice Springs principal Dr Gavin Morris has resigned from town council about six months after he was charged with allegedly assaulting children. Dr Morris was terminated from his role at ...

Earlier this month the Australian Human Rights Commission released Collateral Damage: What the untold stories from the COVID-19 pandemic reveal about human rights in Australia. In the five years since ...

In Australia, most children enjoy their right to education, healthcare, and a good standard of living. Most live in safe, caring homes and communities where they can grow and develop, play and have ...

This report - published in both English and Spanish - was borne out of two fact-finding investigations, as collaborations between CHR and local groups, which explored challenges related to ...