The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Jimmy Carter has secured a legacy as probably the greatest former president in modern American history. The former chief executive — whose one term is generally viewed as an almost unmitigated disaster — has spent his many post-presidential years promoting human rights and building houses for the underprivileged while living…

Legal groups also criticise the push to override the state’s Human Rights Act to create the offence

Queensland's decision to override the human rights of children, particularly Indigenous kids, to make breaching bail a crime has been criticised.

A South Korean court on Tuesday recognized the legal rights of a same-sex couple for the first time, in a move celebrated by human rights advocates as a major victory for the country’s LGBTQ community.

The United Nations' human rights chief on Tuesday voiced concern that a proposed overhaul of Israel's judicial system would "drastically undermine" the ability of the judiciary to uphold human rights and the rule of law.

Scott McDougall alarmed at Palaszczuk government plan to make breach of bail an offence for children

As climate change alters Inuit life, experts call governments to consult with Indigenous communities before mining

More than 8,000 civilians have been recorded killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded nearly a year ago, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, describing the figure as only the "tip of the iceberg" with thousands more thought to have died.

ASIO boss warns of 'brutal' foreign interference plots to harm Australians.

Human rights advocates are urging South Korea to test hundreds of North Korean escapees who lived near the country's nuclear facility for radiation exposure

Myanmar’s energy minister, businessmen, high-ranking officers and private companies have been placed on sanctions list.