By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Elma Okic/UN Photo A United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on October 7 calling for concrete action against systemic racism should have been an opportunity for governments to demonstrate their commitment to racial justice.Instead, the United Kingdom called for a vote, breaking from last year’s consensus on the annually tabled resolution.Citing concerns about the applicability of international law to establish responsibility…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Military leader of Eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar (center), attends a conference in Sabha, Libya, September 5, 2024. © 2024 Khaled Nasraoui/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), which controls eastern and southern Libya, has executed at least 31 people since late August 2026 following grossly unfair military trials, Human Rights Watch said today. These are the first known executions in Libya since 2010, with at least 50 more people in Gernada military prison at imminent risk of execution.On August 23, the LAAF…
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By Pankaj Agrrawal, Professor of Finance, University of Maine
Some advocates for older Americans want the government to change the index used for this adjustment to one more tailored to their spending patterns.
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By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University
Cinema, almost from its infancy, has been drawn to telling stories out of sequence – and forcing audiences to reassemble what they have just seen.
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By Michelle O'Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
Rohini Balram, Adjunct Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
PNG is grappling with despicable rates of gender-based violence. Why isn’t a women’s team part of the Australian government’s $600m NRL deal?
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By Isabelle Volpe, Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University; UNSW
Daniel Reeders, PhD Candidate, ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University
Kate Seear, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
Safety messages about drugs and sex are already routinely misidentified and removed from social media platforms. The proposed bill would take this further.
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By Paul Harrison, Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
Renters and homebuyers have been turning up to properties to find a very different reality from the ads. There’s even a name for it: ‘housefishing’.
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By Estelamari Rodriguez, Associate Director of Community Outreach in Thoracic Oncology, University of Miami
While lung cancer rates have decreased by 43% in men, they have risen by 79% in women. Broader screening guidelines and recognizing early symptoms can help address the changing face of lung cancer.
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By Maria O'Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
A new report maps how protest permit systems work in every state and territory. The result is a tangle of laws, council by-laws and complicated rules.
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By Andrew Lensen, Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As AI and its impacts become harder to avoid, other countries are setting rules for its use. New Zealand has some catching up to do.
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