The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Australia imports more than $25 billion in goods that may have used modern slavery, and for the first time solar panels are one of the most valuable, according to a human rights group funded by Andrew Forrest.

Retired Justice Arun Mishra, Chairperson of, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), at a meeting of the human rights body on Tuesday, said that if sub-standard education for children in madrasas continues, Muslims would “never come up”. He maintained that there is a need to standardise education for children.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley will meet Indian leader Narendra Modi at Kirribilli ahead of bilateral talks.

Romania has failed to enforce the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to recognise their relationships, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Tuesday in a ruling which will force policymakers to expand protections for the LGBT community.

China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on Tibet to build a prosperous, harmonious and "new socialist Tibet" underpinned by unity and civility, days after Group of Seven (G7) nations expressed concern over human rights in the region.

Thirty-seven groups, both Tunisian and international, voiced concern over the crackdown on the judiciary’s independence.

Australia’s parliament will hold a special screening of a BBC documentary critical of Narendra Modi a day after the prime minister addressed a mass gathering of the country’s Indian diaspora in Sydney.

Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi have announced a new centre for Australia-India relations for Sydney's west.  

Amal Clooney recently attended a human rights panel in style

The Australian government is touting its strong relationship with India but there is a growing push to raise human rights abuses with the prime minister.

A human rights lawyer on Monday called on the government to show responsibility after the Constitutional Court invalidated an executive decree suspending four provisions of the new law against torture and enforced disappearance.