The adoption of the Victorian government’s bill to extinguish civil actions arising out of the Lawyer X saga would have wider implications for society.
Australia has come some way since the Sex Discrimination Act came into effect 40 years ago this month, but there’s still more work to be done.
A parliamentary committee has recommended a dedicated act to protect human rights. Here’s how it could work.
With the major awards season over, 2024 is becoming the year for women in music, but a lack of information and knowledge about sexual violence in music spaces and other creative places can dampen this newfound visibility.
In the aftermath of a disappointing Voice referendum, Indigenous politicians are looking to the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a potential way forward.
If the ACT is serious about protecting children’s rights, it should accept that all children born through surrogacy have a right to have their functional parents recognised as their legal parents.
In a new book, Melissa Castan and Professor Lynette Russell write that the proposed Voice to Parliament will enhance, not damage, our democratic institutions.
Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
A response of bigotry or hatred is common for people identifying as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, just as it is for people coming out as gay, bi, trans or queer.
The rights of trans people have become a highly divisive political issue in the US and UK. Recent events underline how we must be proactive in ensuring Australia doesn’t mirror their transphobic environments.
The battle lines being drawn between Israel’s judiciary and government has potential long-range implications on the country’s very essence as a Jewish and democratic state.
This US Supreme Court’s decision represents an astonishing step backwards for the protection of fundamental human rights, and sets a dangerous precedent for the potential overturning of other rights.
Judging by what the new federal government has promised, the answer appears to be a resounding “Yes”.
We need to strike an appropriate balance between respecting the right to freedom of conscience, and securing the rights of individual patients to dignity, privacy and autonomy.
It’s time to ask our politicians the hard questions about what they intend to do to strengthen human rights protections if elected to government.
If Roe v Wade is overturned, the impact on women in the United States will be immediate and devastating.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has achieved a great deal in the past 40 years, but there remains more work to do in Australia.
The bill exposes the culture war within Australia’s biggest religious groups, and runs into constitutional problems.
The current draft still includes a range of provisions overriding federal, state and territory laws to allow for discrimination.
While stories of human rights violations, and dire warnings about pandemics and an uncertain economic future seem unconnected, research reveals common roots in systemic inequality and discrimination in Australia.
This is our last look at the gig economy, but it’s unlikely to be the last time we find ourselves part of it. Our featured experts provide all the best tips to help us make change.
Mark Latham's anti-trans bill that seeks to prohibit NSW schools from teaching gender fluidity faces a constitutional wall.
With China and the US more willing to disregard international rules, how does Australia balance its relationship with the two powers, and protect its interests?
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