The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees
The UN Human Rights Committee found 24 young detainees on Nauru experienced “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment”. But are ...
Australia asked to pay compensation for violating rights of asylum seekers in Nauru camps
UN watchdog finds refugees and asylum seekers suffered deterioration of physical and mental health in offshore detention ...
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Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says
The Australian government violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, many of them minors, on the ...
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From Myanmar to Australia, a former refugee shares what it means to struggle for Rohingya rights
"For us, citizenship alone will never be enough. We are calling for a process of reconciliation, reckoning, and truth-telling ...
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Australia breached human rights treaty, UN body rules
Australia remains responsible for the arbitrary detention of refugees and asylum seekers in offshore processing facilities in ...
How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future
On our own shores, the Climate Change Authority has delayed its mandatory announcement of Australia’s 2035 emissions ...
A question about ASEAN stumped Pete Hegseth at his Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?
Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations ...
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Australia violated refugees' rights in offshore detention centre, says UN
A United Nations committee in a statement on Thursday said it found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by ...
Australia says it doesn't control Nauru detention centre, as UN says it violated human rights
The UN Human Rights Committee has asked Australia to provide compensation to the victims and to ensure similar violations do ...