By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Relatives of detainees held for political reasons wait outside El Helicoide, headquarters of Venezuela's intelligence service and a detention center, after the National Assembly approved an amnesty bill in Caracas, Venezuela, February 19, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez (Washington, DC) – Venezuela’s new amnesty law has serious shortcomings that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained and is being applied in ways that may deny release to people who should be eligible, Human Rights Watch said today. The law is ostensibly an effort to help…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Delivery workers driving through New Delhi, India, 2026. © 2026 Human Rights Watch (New York) – Gig workers around the world experience long hours, unpredictable and declining pay, and serious safety risks, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments negotiating a landmark treaty under the International Labour Organization (ILO) on platform work in June 2026 should adopt strong, binding standards to ensure fair pay, safe working conditions, and access to social security for gig workers worldwide.The multimedia report, “Algorithms of Exploitation:…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, December 3, 2025. © 2025 International Criminal Court (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) upcoming landmark hearing in the case of Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes, is a long-awaited breakthrough for victims of serious crimes in Libya, Human Rights Watch said today. From May 19 to 21, 2026, ICC judges will hear evidence against El Hishri in a “confirmation of charges”…
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By Thomas White, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Kate Lynch, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
You’re cooking dinner, distracted, and your hand brushes a hot pan. Nerve signals race to your spinal cord and back to yank your arm away in a fraction of a second, with no thought required.
Then comes the pain. A sharp, spreading sting gives way to a pulsing ache, and you cradle your hand and run it under cold water until it subsides. That felt experience is distinct from the reflex that preceded it. While the reflex moved your body out of danger, pain drives you to protect the wound, recover, and learn to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
We readily accept that other…
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By Ben Gray, Associate Professor of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago
New Zealand’s requirement for patient consent means junior doctors can’t perform CPR on a patient, or practise care of babies and people with dementia.
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By Global Voices Announcements
Every month, Global Voices will be choosing an urgent theme to explore in depth across all our regions. In June we're exploring how gender diversity is experienced and opposed all over the world.
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By Maria Nawaz, Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney
For the first time, an emissions and climate impact case has arrived at Australia’s High Court. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
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By Simone Marino, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Education; Adjunct Research Fellow, Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab, Edith Cowan University
Every Friday morning in a community hall near Fremantle, something quietly extraordinary happens.
Chairs are arranged in a rough semicircle. Someone has brought a tray of biscotti from a recipe carried, unchanged, from Vasto, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. An organetto, a small button accordion common in southern Italian folk music, opens with a tarantella, a fast and joyful southern Italian dance tune. Before the first verse has ended, a dozen voices have joined. Some are strong. Some waver. All are unmistakably present.
Later, with the strumming of a guitar, the group…
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By Janne Torkkola, PhD Student, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
A new study finds the incredible diversity of lizards in Australia relates to a major upheaval in the continent’s climate more than 20 million years ago.
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By Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
The six books on this year’s Stella shortlist range widely, including graphic novels, poetry, novels and memoir. But they have one thing in common: excellence.
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