Australian Human Rights Institute
@austhumanrights.bsky.social
We produce world-leading research and advance debate on critical human rights issues, with a focus on inequality and accountability.
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The number of people who've reported being victims of modern slavery activity in NSW has risen by 116% since last financial year. Australian Human Rights Institute director, Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social, chats to the ABC's World Today program about the figures: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Modern slavery increasing in NSW - ABC listen
The New South Wales Anti-Slavery Commissioner says the number of people who've reported being victims of modern slavery activity in the state has risen by 116 per cent since last financial year.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The number of people who've reported being victims of modern slavery activity in NSW has risen by 116% since last financial year. Australian Human Rights Institute director, Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social, chats to the ABC's World Today program about the figures: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The Australian Journal of Human Rights (@journalhumanrights.bsky.social), Australia’s first peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to human rights, is seeking expressions of interest to fill positions on its Editorial Board. Find out more: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/sites/defaul...
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Australian Journal of Human Rights (@journalhumanrights.bsky.social), Australia’s first peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to human rights, is seeking expressions of interest to fill positions on its Editorial Board. Find out more: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/sites/defaul...
WATCH | The Australian Human Rights Institute recently launched its new 'Provocation Series' at the Art Gallery of NSW. You can now watch a full recording of the debate over whether the pursuit of diversity and inclusion is dead: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/events/pursu...
November 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
WATCH | The Australian Human Rights Institute recently launched its new 'Provocation Series' at the Art Gallery of NSW. You can now watch a full recording of the debate over whether the pursuit of diversity and inclusion is dead: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/events/pursu...
NEW RESEARCH | Our latest report examines the role of Ethical Clothing Australia’s accreditation program, its alignment with emerging standards for responsible workplace practices, and its global counterparts involved in improving standards in the sector: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/cur...
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW RESEARCH | Our latest report examines the role of Ethical Clothing Australia’s accreditation program, its alignment with emerging standards for responsible workplace practices, and its global counterparts involved in improving standards in the sector: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/cur...
This week, the Institute took part in a showcase of UNSW's efforts to drive change through the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, including our Global Student Fellowships and Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social's research into shaping ethical global supply chains: www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Sustainability in action: UNSW celebrates innovation at the SDG Showcase
From solar cars to seawall restoration, UNSW Sydney’s SDG Showcase highlighted the people and projects transforming ideas into solutions for a better future.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This week, the Institute took part in a showcase of UNSW's efforts to drive change through the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, including our Global Student Fellowships and Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social's research into shaping ethical global supply chains: www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
LISTEN | The implied freedom of political communication has been at the centre of several recent high-profile court decisions. Institute Associates Luke McNamara and Daniel Joyce discuss the right to free speech in Australia with the ABC's Law Report: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Do we have a right to free speech in Australia? - ABC listen
The implied freedom of political communication has been at the centre of several recent high-profile court decisions. The Law Report asks: do Australians have a constitutional right to freedom of spee...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
LISTEN | The implied freedom of political communication has been at the centre of several recent high-profile court decisions. Institute Associates Luke McNamara and Daniel Joyce discuss the right to free speech in Australia with the ABC's Law Report: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Congratulations to the latest winner of the Andrea Durbach Prize, Dr Lisa Ewenson. Each year, @journalhumanrights.bsky.social awards the prize to an author whose article reflects the values that have resonated in Professor Durbach’s career. Read more: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/winner-...
Winner of Andrea Durbach Prize announced
The Australian Journal of Human Rights has awarded the annual Andrea Durbach Prize to Dr Lisa Ewenson for her article on youth justice detention in Australia.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Congratulations to the latest winner of the Andrea Durbach Prize, Dr Lisa Ewenson. Each year, @journalhumanrights.bsky.social awards the prize to an author whose article reflects the values that have resonated in Professor Durbach’s career. Read more: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/winner-...
Four female UNSW Engineering students are among those selected as Australian Human Rights Institute Global Student Fellows in 2025. They'll join Engineers Without Borders in locations such as Cambodia and Timor-Leste as part of the paid fellowship program: www.inside.unsw.edu.au/societal-imp...
Record number of UNSW students awarded human rights fellowship | Inside UNSW
The Australian Human Rights Institute’s Global Student Fellowship offers students the opportunity and funding to join a leading human rights or development organisation.A record 24 UNSW students have ...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Four female UNSW Engineering students are among those selected as Australian Human Rights Institute Global Student Fellows in 2025. They'll join Engineers Without Borders in locations such as Cambodia and Timor-Leste as part of the paid fellowship program: www.inside.unsw.edu.au/societal-imp...
Australian Human Rights Institute Associate and Founding Director of UNSW's Tax and Business Advisory Clinic, Associate Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar, speaks with ABC Radio National's 'The Economy, Stupid' about "sexually-transmitted tax debt" www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
'Sexually transmitted tax debt' - ABC listen
Hidden debts, coercive control — and why the tax system can punish people most in need of help.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Australian Human Rights Institute Associate and Founding Director of UNSW's Tax and Business Advisory Clinic, Associate Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar, speaks with ABC Radio National's 'The Economy, Stupid' about "sexually-transmitted tax debt" www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social, will join tomorrow's United Nations Association of Australia conference marking 80 years of the UN and addressing human rights challenges for the next decade. More information: www.unaansw.org.au/conference?m...
October 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social, will join tomorrow's United Nations Association of Australia conference marking 80 years of the UN and addressing human rights challenges for the next decade. More information: www.unaansw.org.au/conference?m...
OUT NOW | Record number of students being sent to work with human rights orgs, alarming new human trafficking numbers + eminent jurist Navi Pillay to launch a groundbreaking new book on the ICC. Read the latest news: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r... and subscribe: bit.ly/HRDSubscribe
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
OUT NOW | Record number of students being sent to work with human rights orgs, alarming new human trafficking numbers + eminent jurist Navi Pillay to launch a groundbreaking new book on the ICC. Read the latest news: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r... and subscribe: bit.ly/HRDSubscribe
A new study, co-authored by the Institute's Gillian Moon and Dr Wesley Morgan, has quantified the far-reaching consequences of the Scarborough gas project, finding it could cause heat-related deaths in Europe and destroy 16 million corals on the Great Barrier Reef: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
October 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A new study, co-authored by the Institute's Gillian Moon and Dr Wesley Morgan, has quantified the far-reaching consequences of the Scarborough gas project, finding it could cause heat-related deaths in Europe and destroy 16 million corals on the Great Barrier Reef: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
"The reality is we live in a comfortably well-off country and assume everything is fine, but under the surface, you have modern slavery going on." - @justinenolan.bsky.social responds to reports human trafficking has reached a record high in Australia: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908693...
Forced marriage, sexual servitude and exploitation rising in Australia
Government aid for victims doesn't go far enough, advocates say.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"The reality is we live in a comfortably well-off country and assume everything is fine, but under the surface, you have modern slavery going on." - @justinenolan.bsky.social responds to reports human trafficking has reached a record high in Australia: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908693...
SPECIAL EVENT | Eminent jurist and former UN Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Navi Pillay, will join us in Sydney on November 7 to help launch a new book on the International Criminal Court. Register: events.humanitix.com/feminist-jud...
Book launch | Feminist Judgements: Reimagining the International Criminal Court
Get tickets on Humanitix - Book launch | Feminist Judgements: Reimagining the International Criminal Court hosted by Australian Human Rights Institute. Gilbert & Tobin Lawyers , Level 35 Tower 2/200 ...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
SPECIAL EVENT | Eminent jurist and former UN Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Navi Pillay, will join us in Sydney on November 7 to help launch a new book on the International Criminal Court. Register: events.humanitix.com/feminist-jud...
NEW ISSUE | Volume 31.1 of the Australian Journal of Human Rights is out now. Read some of the highlights from this issue here: mailchi.mp/unsw/new-iss... and the full edition here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjhu20/3...
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
NEW ISSUE | Volume 31.1 of the Australian Journal of Human Rights is out now. Read some of the highlights from this issue here: mailchi.mp/unsw/new-iss... and the full edition here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjhu20/3...
“There is blatant sexism in medicine... doctors aren’t even aware of the symptoms of some women’s cancers." The Australian Human Rights Institute's Professor Louise Chappell, on her experiences with cancer and campaign for better recognition of gender in medicine: www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
Beyond breasts & babies: women’s health held back by medical blind spots
Women’s health is often thought of in terms of breasts, wombs and ovaries. But what about the rest of the woman?
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September 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“There is blatant sexism in medicine... doctors aren’t even aware of the symptoms of some women’s cancers." The Australian Human Rights Institute's Professor Louise Chappell, on her experiences with cancer and campaign for better recognition of gender in medicine: www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
TONIGHT | We're joining forces with UNSW Law & Justice and Pride in Law to host some human rights trivia as part of UNSW Diversity Festival: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/fierce...
Fierce Facts & Fabulous Acts | Diversity Week Trivia | UNSW Sydney
As part of UNSW’s Diversity Festival join us for a dazzling night of trivia, talent and celebration.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
TONIGHT | We're joining forces with UNSW Law & Justice and Pride in Law to host some human rights trivia as part of UNSW Diversity Festival: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/fierce...
This month's Human Rights Defender is live, with a wrap of last week's debate on the future of DEI, a look at the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy and Australia's state of denial over the climate crisis. Read it here: bit.ly/HRDIssue46 Subscribe to get next month's issue: bit.ly/HRDSubscribe
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This month's Human Rights Defender is live, with a wrap of last week's debate on the future of DEI, a look at the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy and Australia's state of denial over the climate crisis. Read it here: bit.ly/HRDIssue46 Subscribe to get next month's issue: bit.ly/HRDSubscribe
What does good business practice look like? Institute Director @justinenolan.bsky.social will share research from our project on transforming business practices in global supply chains at the UN Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum in Bangkok this week. Register: indico.un.org/event/1018118/
UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific 2025
The UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum – Asia-Pacific is the region’s leading annual platform bringing together governments, businesses, civil society, and other stakeholders to drive acti...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
What does good business practice look like? Institute Director @justinenolan.bsky.social will share research from our project on transforming business practices in global supply chains at the UN Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum in Bangkok this week. Register: indico.un.org/event/1018118/
A huge thank you to all who braved the extreme weather to join us last night for our special event at the Art Gallery of NSW. We'll have more details on the fantastic panel debate, along with podcasts and video in the coming weeks.
September 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A huge thank you to all who braved the extreme weather to join us last night for our special event at the Art Gallery of NSW. We'll have more details on the fantastic panel debate, along with podcasts and video in the coming weeks.
EXPLAINER | For World Suicide Prevention Day, read about the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy, its major shift from fragmented crisis responses towards prevention and systems change, and what suicide prevention has to do with human rights: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
September 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
EXPLAINER | For World Suicide Prevention Day, read about the new National Suicide Prevention Strategy, its major shift from fragmented crisis responses towards prevention and systems change, and what suicide prevention has to do with human rights: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
VIDEO | If you missed Wednesday's launch event for our new report, State of Denial, with Jennifer Robinson, Gillian Moon, Nathan Kennedy and Dr Chris McGrath, you can now view a recording on our website: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/events/launc...
September 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
VIDEO | If you missed Wednesday's launch event for our new report, State of Denial, with Jennifer Robinson, Gillian Moon, Nathan Kennedy and Dr Chris McGrath, you can now view a recording on our website: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/events/launc...
Registration is now open for the 5th Pacific #BizHumanRights Forum on localising UNGP implementation, being held 23–24 Sept 2025 in Fiji. Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon... or find out more information here: www.ohchr.org/en/events/fo...
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Registration is now open for the 5th Pacific #BizHumanRights Forum on localising UNGP implementation, being held 23–24 Sept 2025 in Fiji. Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon... or find out more information here: www.ohchr.org/en/events/fo...
New analysis from the Australian Human Rights Institute has found the Australian government is in breach of its obligations to protect human rights by failing to limit fossil fuel production for export. Read more in our latest research report: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/new-rep...
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
New analysis from the Australian Human Rights Institute has found the Australian government is in breach of its obligations to protect human rights by failing to limit fossil fuel production for export. Read more in our latest research report: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/new-rep...
The Conversation takes a look at a new book the Institute will be launching in November, 'Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court'. It brings together nearly 50 authors to “re-envision a range of judgements” delivered at the ICC: theconversation.com/how-can-the-...
How can the International Criminal Court achieve justice for women?
A new book rewrites judgments in cases decided by the ICC from a feminist perspective.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Conversation takes a look at a new book the Institute will be launching in November, 'Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court'. It brings together nearly 50 authors to “re-envision a range of judgements” delivered at the ICC: theconversation.com/how-can-the-...