Tag: Human Rights Commission
How the Taliban’s return has robbed Afghanistan’s women and girls of...
ANALYSIS: By Zakia Adeli, an East-West Center research fellow in Honolulu
Part 2 of a two-part series on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover....
‘High prevalence’ of racial harassment in NZ workplace, says new research
RNZ News
Māori, Pasifika, Asian, as well as disabled and bisexual employees, are disproportionately affected by bullying and harassment in workplaces in Aotearoa New Zealand,...
Australia needs to ‘step up’ on West Papua, says Vanuatu at...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Vanuatu leaders have taken the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to speak out against the military repression of anti-racism...
Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council
By RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu and Solomon Islands have raised the issue of human rights abuses against West Papuans at the UN Human Rights Council in...
Jakarta advocacy group accuses hardline general over attack
By Dwi Andayani and Noval Dwinuary Antoni in Jakarta
Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy head Muhammad Isnur has accused retired Major-General Kivlan Zen and...
Callamard slams $26 state budget for Philippine human rights body
By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila
United Nations Rapporteur Agnes Callamard has slammed the P1000 (NZ$26) budget that the House of Representatives voted to...
Te Reo Māori on ‘life support’, says Sharples
The New Zealand Human Rights Commission hosted a discussion on the importance of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)...
Indonesia pledges to settle human right cases soon
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs, Law and Security Luhut Binsar Padjaitan says the government has resolved to settle human rights cases "in not...