The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights Law Centre

A situation like Roe v Wade could never overturn abortion rights in Australia, but legal and reproductive rights advocates say significant barriers to access remain and reform is needed to protect people's rights going forward.

We are unique among liberal democracies in lacking robust legal protection for human rights

Experts concerned authorities are coercing travellers to hand over passwords to phones and other devices or copying data unlawfully

As the Albanese government works on getting legislation ready for its highly anticipated corruption watchdog, calls are growing for it to boost protections for whistleblowers and drop criminal prosecutions against Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery, and to advocate for Julian Assange.

Detainees were placed in isolation 5,412 times for security reasons between January and March

Legal challenge argues that lower life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples means holding them to the retirement age is discriminatory

Anti-logging protesters reject state governments’ claims new laws are necessary to protect workers’ safety

Teal independent says she will lodge federal court challenge as AEC admits people who tested positive early this week but didn’t register for postal ballot ‘may not be able to vote’ in Saturday’s federal election

Independent organisation backs petition to Legislative Assembly calling for accessible complaints mechanism under Human Rights Act.

Parliamentary inquiry also calls for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

After a decade in Pakistan, lawyers representing Fatema and her four children say their application has been "unreasonably delayed". If the court finds in their favour, thousands of Afghans could see their cases fast-tracked.