25 Mar 2022
What counts for victims of trafficking?
Sharing data is key to combatting human rights abuses against vulnerable groups from the ASEAN region.
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8 Mar 2022
Young feminist leadership is the future of peacebuilding
Feminist leadership coupled with the UN’s Youth, Peace and Security agenda envisions a more just and inclusive peace. -
8 Mar 2022
Sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping: Connecting the dots
The abuse of women and children must be urgently addressed as a key issue in the hierarchy of harm. -
8 Mar 2022
Women’s participation in peace mediation
Zoom diplomacy has become a vital conflict resolution tool. But where are all the women? -
8 Mar 2022
The Ukraine crisis, feminism and Australia’s foreign policy
There’s a reason why gender inequality and state conflict go hand in hand, a denial of which erodes democracy. -
4 Mar 2022
Europe triggers “temporary protection” for Ukraine war refugees
Those fleeing will not be forced into the cumbersome and complicated process that normally awaits those seeking asylum. -
23 Feb 2022
It’s a mistake to allow Myanmar’s junta to appear in Rohingya case
Accepting military representatives in the genocide defence serves to lend the coup an undeserved legitimacy. -
10 Feb 2022
Will Australia use its amended sanctions act against Myanmar?
Coordinated international pressure on the coup leaders is urgently needed to stave off a growing humanitarian crisis. -
1 Feb 2022
Oslo talks expose the West’s Taliban dilemma
Trusting the fundamentalists to deliver aid would mean ignoring a record of past promises to respect rights. -
12 Jan 2022
The power of mercy and the death penalty in PNG
The country’s capital punishment laws need a reset, but there are better alternatives than clemency. -
15 Nov 2021
Framing globalisation
How governments and policymakers address global opportunities and threats is all down to perspective. -
24 Sep 2021
Afghanistan: The Hazara dread
What the Taliban takeover means for one of the most persecuted peoples in the world. -
21 Sep 2021
Myanmar’s extreme Buddhist nationalists
The release of hard-line Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu bodes ill for the rights of the country's religious minorities. -
17 Aug 2021
What to do after the Taliban take-over
The foreign troops might be gone but Afghanistan is still our responsibility. -
12 Aug 2021
Syria: The consequences of intellectual failure and moral neglect
No Western government should abide policy goals that in practice are pursued via collective punishment of Syrian people. -
15 Jun 2021
Beijing could easily encourage people to have more children, but won’t
However China frames its population policy, birth limits fundamentally infringe on women’s reproductive rights. -
7 Jun 2021
The authoritarian threat of Indonesia’s latest internet bill
Pending legislation would require online service providers to remove or block content by government demand. -
2 Jun 2021
R2P: An idea whose time never comes
The doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect was meant to stop atrocities. Instead, it has become another empty mantra. -
1 Jun 2021
Gab’s gift to the far right
Social media giants may be trying to squelch hate speech and conspiracy mongering, but alt-tech offers them safe space. -
25 May 2021
PNG can’t turn a blind eye to the conflict next door
As popular support for West Papua grows more vocal, PNG officials walk a diplomatic tightrope. -
12 May 2021
Andrew Peacock’s Timor legacy
Remembered as a principled defender of human rights, the late foreign minister took a different tack with Suharto. -
29 Apr 2021
Some reflections on the “anonymous Xinjiang paper”
We should debate those we disagree with. But engagement must be based on a good faith assessment of evidence. -
29 Apr 2021
Response to Myanmar coup shows need for UN reform
Veto power on the Security Council too often obstructs action in the face of atrocities. Here are some ways around it. -
26 Apr 2021
Indonesia raises ASEAN’s bar on Myanmar
President Joko Widodo had nothing to gain domestically in calling a special summit. But in not failing, he succeeded. -
15 Apr 2021
Thailand’s sweeping associations law courts disaster
Draft legislation to strictly control all kinds of groups could crush civil society and drive out foreign organisations. -
8 Apr 2021
Legalising same-sex marriage in Japan
A court ruling has thrown down the challenge to Japanese politicians to ensure equality before the law. -
7 Apr 2021
In Singapore, Covid vs privacy is no contest
The pandemic has shown how easily most people accept surveillance, and the government’s enthusiasm for new forms of it. -
2 Apr 2021
With Xinjiang cotton, Beijing is taking on the world
The latest “us-versus-them” drama shows China sees little chance of mending ties with the West, for now at least. -
25 Mar 2021
Afghanistan: When a song is not just a song
A move to prohibit girls singing was met with a big backlash on social media – a sign of the times, old and new. -
25 Mar 2021
Female genital mutilation is still a risk – especially in a pandemic
Could lockdowns and travel restrictions have led the practice of female genital mutilation to increase in Australia? -
11 Mar 2021
When will PNG establish a National Human Rights Commission?
Papua New Guinea has launched a commission to fight corruption. Now it needs to do the same to protect human rights. -
22 Feb 2021
Are Indonesia’s “rubber” laws limiting freedom of speech?
Jokowi’s call for “improved supervision” of criminal defamation laws won’t lead the media to stop the presses just yet. -
15 Feb 2021
The power of example: America’s presence in Diego Garcia
US claims to upholding the rules-based order don’t square with its silence on Mauritian sovereignty in the Chagos. -
3 Feb 2021
A “beggar-thy-neighbour” approach keeps seafarers stranded
Some countries have banned crew rotations. Some have tight limits. A few are open. So a crisis continues. -
28 Jan 2021
Australia in focus at the UN Human Rights Council
Despite Australia’s history of support for human rights, a formal review offers a serious reality check. -
11 Dec 2020
PNG and the politics of the death penalty
Why have a costly public consultation when it’s already abundantly clear capital punishment has little support? -
8 Dec 2020
China’s online meddling goes beyond the Great Firewall
Human rights movements still suffer from falsehoods and misinformation even on social media platforms banned by Beijing. -
3 Dec 2020
In the Philippines, a label can take your life
Accusation as a communist – “red-tagging” – is a potential death sentence, which doesn’t stop some from using it. -
10 Nov 2020
Small hope for justice in Mexico’s deadly “war on drugs”
Outrage over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the demand for national reckoning has far-reaching implications. -
5 Nov 2020
A backlash against the Women, Peace and Security agenda?
Power politics overshadow progress at the UN Security Council as Resolution 1325 celebrates its 20th anniversary. -
26 Oct 2020
Crew-change crisis risks supply chains – and lives
Some 400,000 seafarers are currently stuck on ships, past the end of their contracts, unable to go home. -
15 Oct 2020
If Duterte likes his human rights record, he can let others look
An international investigation is the best way to address concern about the “war on drugs” in the Philippines. -
12 Oct 2020
Why Myanmar’s elections won’t be free, fair or safe
The polls should be delayed. The danger of spreading the virus is one reason. Ongoing disenfranchisement is another. -
30 Sep 2020
Duterte’s vaccine promise is a political placebo
The Philippine president has pinned hopes on a miracle solution to the Covid crisis while gutting effective responses. -
25 Sep 2020
Colonialism and cultural erasure in Xinjiang
The ideology behind the CCP’s “re-education” of the Uighur shares in the history of subjugating indigenous populations. -
24 Sep 2020
Francis Fukuyama in Minsk
The outcry for liberal freedoms on display in Belarus suggests “The end of history” wasn’t all wrong. -
16 Sep 2020
Bangladesh: Fight the power or shut up?
In a climate of fear and repression, Bangladeshi hip-hop artists are caught between self-expression and survival. -
28 Aug 2020
Understanding the full spectrum of hate
Extreme violence garners most attention, but the problems arise much earlier – both online and in the real world. -
25 Aug 2020
The killings in the Philippines grow more brazen
The recent murder of a well-known activist signals a turning point in the campaign to eliminate dissent. -
7 Aug 2020
The Beirut explosion and the plight of Syrian refugees
The blast that killed over 100 and injured thousands is also a reminder of the fragile existence of millions.