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Some countries threaten citizens with jail if they return from India

Professor Justine Nolan, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, talks to The Wall Street Journal about the travel ban.

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Health and the climate crisis: How our human rights are being affected

Luke O'Brien examines the 'right to health' amidst the climate crisis.

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Climate Justice & Human Rights

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In support of incorporating ‘the right to be forgotten’ into Australian law

Alexander Lalor considers the right for individuals to have private information about them removed from public directories.

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Human Rights

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Image text: Launch of the CEDAW Implementation Map in the Asia Pacific Region, with author Dr Janani Shanthosh, and Natasha Stott Despoja AO

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Holding governments accountable for women’s health and human rights

Australian Human Rights Institute and George Institute for Global Health have launched the CEDAW Implementation Map for women’s rights.

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2 Jun

Book launch: The UN Commission on Human Rights ‘A Very Great Enterprise’

Former High Court Justice the Hon. Michael Kirby, Professor Megan Davis and Professor Justine Nolan will join former Secretary to the UN Commission on Human Rights John Pace in conversation about his new book. Register here.

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We acknowledge the Bedegal people who are traditional owners of the land on which we work. We pay our respect to the tens of thousands of years of stories and community life that has thrived in the Eora Nation and to the Elders past, present and emerging. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.