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Australia's human rights record in the spotlight ahead of FIFA Women's World Cup starting in July

Qatar's spotty human rights record was a constant talking point during the men's World Cup last year. Now the Australian Human Rights Commission wants a proper conversation about Australia's record before the Women's World Cup in July and August.

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Calls for national body to protect whistleblowers

Australia risks being left behind the rest of the world if it doesn't set up a national body to protect whistleblowers, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

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UN torture prevention committee cancels Australia visit

A UN committee for the prevention of torture has cancelled previously delayed plans to visit Australia over concerns about restricted access to facilities.

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UN torture prevention body cancels Australia trip after refused access to detention, mental health centres

Australia has now joined Rwanda as the only other country to have inspections terminated by the United Nations, after the international body was denied full access to detention and mental health in-patient wards in New South Wales and Queensland.

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Australia facing questions at the UN about 'horrific' issues and 'significant concerns'

The United Nations grills Australia over its treatment of people in youth and immigration detention, describing the over-representation of Aboriginal people in detention as "horrific".

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Failure to allow full UN prison inspections risks Australia’s international standing, experts say

Australia joins Azerbaijan, Rwanda and Ukraine among nations to fail to provide full access after ratifying agreement

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NSW’s refusal to allow UN inspectors in prisons ‘raises questions’, human rights commissioner says

Lorraine Finlay says state government’s decision means Australia is ‘failing to live up to the promises it made to the world’

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Terrorism laws raise concerns about rights

Human rights and legal experts say orders banning citizens entering Australia if they're suspected of becoming a terrorist are unnecessary and go too far.

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FOI documents show the NT is breaching its own independent monitoring policy at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre

Freedom of Information documents reveal the NT government is failing to adhere to its own independent monitoring policy at a time when self-harm incidents are surging inside its youth detention facilities.

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Lawyers push to waive COVID fines issued to children as young as 13

The New South Wales government is resisting growing calls to scrap tens of thousands of COVID fines, which lawyers say were unjustly issued.

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Australia’s powers to detain terrorist offenders after jail term without rehabilitation under review

Law has important consequences and ‘sits oddly’ with aims of sentencing, which include rehabilitation and reintegration, national security watchdog says

The Guardian - AU

Australian Human Rights Commission’s status at risk over Coalition’s appointment process

International rights body has concerns that open and merit-based processes were bypassed in the filling of three key positions

The Guardian - AU

Australian Human Rights Commission warned by global body to improve independence of appointments

The Australian Human Rights Commission risks being stripped of its accreditation as an "A-status" institution, with the global standards body raising concerns about the selection of commissioners.

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Human Rights Commissioner questions WA's ongoing use of state of emergency powers

Australia's Human Rights Commissioner says state of emergency laws are getting harder to justify at this stage in the pandemic.

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Prisoner welfare concerns at WA jail raised with Human Rights Commissioner and UN

A Senate estimates hearing is told that the lack of air conditioning at Roebourne prison has been a serious issue for a "considerable period of time". Meanwhile, an Aboriginal legal service has asked the UN to put pressure on the WA government.

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Novak Djokovic drew global attention to Australia's immigration detention regime. Now we need proper scrutiny of all places of detention

In 2017, Australia made an international commitment to implement a comprehensive inspection system for all places of detention. Four years on, it has failed to do so, and this is simply not good enough, writes Lorraine Finlay.

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