Posts in Focus Area - United Nations
Australia needs to lift its game to strengthen its bid for a seat on the UN's Human Rights Council

The HRLC has joined with Human Rights Watch to produce a report detailing how Australia can “lift its game” on human rights at home and abroad in order to strengthen its bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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Focus Area - Foreign policy, Focus Area - United Nations, NewsMichelleBennettForeign Policy, Human Rights Law & Institutions, United Nations
Nearly 200 organisations outline concern for UN over Australia’s declining human rights performance

Australia’s steadily deteriorating human rights performance has been highlighted in a major report compiled by nearly 200 organisations around Australia. It will be presented to the United Nation’s peak human rights body in the lead up to a major review of Australia that takes place every four years.

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Access to justice, Aid and development, Australia’s Human Rights Framework, Business and human rights, Children, Civil and political rights, Counter-terrorism, Disability, ESC rights, Focus Area - Detainee rights, Focus Area - Equality, Focus Area - Police, Focus Area - United Nations, Focus Area - Violence against women, Health, Housing and homelessness, International human rights mechanisms, LGBTI rights, Mental health, News, Prisoners, Refugees and asylum seekers, Uncategorized, WomenMichelleBennettUnited Nations, Foreign Policy, Women’s Rights, Migration Justice