By Patricia Collins, Associate Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
Katherine L. Frohlich, Full Professor and Scientific Director, Insitutte of Population and Public Health, CIHR, Université de Montréal
Through a long history of prioritizing cars in our cities, we have normalized not seeing or hearing children on our streets.
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By Dean Curran, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Calgary
The warning signs are loud and clear: we’re headed into a crisis, thanks to the growing interdependence of digital and economic systems — with no safety nets.
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By Amnesty International
Eswatini’s authorities must disclose why Orville Etoria was held in detention without charge for more than two months, Amnesty International said today following his arrival in Jamaica. Orville Etoria was one of five men who were deported from the United States to Eswatini on 16 July and held in arbitrary detention. A statement released by […] The post Eswatini: Repatriation of Jamaican national must be followed by justice for all US deportees appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Demonstrators carry an Algerian flag in Algiers, Algeria, April 2, 2021. © 2021 Ramzi Boudina/Reuters (Beirut) – Algerian authorities should end excessive control over civil society groups and parliament should enact a new associations law based on international human rights standards, eight human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch said today. A preliminary draft bill currently under consideration to replace the existing 2012 law would further undermine the right to freedom of association.The draft bill, reviewed by the organizations, does not…
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By Nicholas Wood, Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
Kristine Macartney, Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
Lucy Deng, Paediatrician, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney
United States President Donald Trump this week claimed children should not be vaccinated against hepatitis B until they are 12 years old, rather than at birth. He also said the viral liver infection was a sexually transmitted disease.
The claims came amid a slew of other statements on autism, paracetamol…
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By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
The Australian prime minister will meet with his British counterpart – and may off some advice on fending off an electoral challenge from the right.
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By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics; President, Economic Society of Australia (SA); Deputy Chair, Women in Economics Network, University of Adelaide
Andrew Taylor, Associate Professor in Demography, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
Rohan Best, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
Ruth Wallace, Director, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
Energy stress is a significantly bigger problem for Indigenous households. Indigenous communities also need a genuine say on renewable or mineral projects on their land.
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By Xosé López-García, Periodismo digital, comunicación digital, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Cristian Augusto Gonzalez Arias, Investigador, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
The press has always used metaphors and examples to simplify complex issues and make them easier to understand. With the rise of chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the tendency to humanise technology has intensified, whether through comparisons to medicine, well-known similes, or dystopian scenarios.
Although what lies behind AI is nothing more than code and circuits, the media often portrays algorithms as having human qualities. So what…
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By Amra Lee, PhD candidate in Protection of Civilians, Australian National University
Aid workers are dying at greater numbers than ever. A new declaration is a start – now it must lead to great protection on the ground.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Opening remarks delivered by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric at the launch ceremony of the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel in New York, 21 September 2025.
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