Human Rights

As you heard there the Prime Minister said the talks included the possible establishment of an extradition treaty with China. Audio

The head of Indonesia's leading human rights organisation, KONTRAS, has described how the nation is in a type of denial about festering rights issues in Papua region. Audio

Professor Gillian Triggs is the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She is in New Zealand to give a talk on the widening gulf that is human rights across the Tasman. She talks with… Audio

Last year, Berta Caceres, a Honduran human rights activist, won the Goldman Environmental Prize - widely considered the world's leading environmental award. At the time, the Guardian wrote that the… Audio

The visiting Iranian Foreign Minister has been questioned about his country's human rights record. Audio

Saudi Arabia has for the very first time lifted its ban on women taking part in elections. Audio

Fewer children are being adopted and the Government is under increasing pressure to modernise its 60-year-old law. Audio

To this side of the Tasman, where New Zealand's submission to the United Nations on Australia's human rights record has been heavily criticised for being flimsy and weak. Audio

The New Zealand and Australian Green parties are calling on Australia to stop automatically deporting New Zealanders detained in its prisons while it carries out a case-by-case review. Audio

A leading Australian human rights lawyer says the Australian government is thumbing its nose at its international obligations with the postponement of a visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human… Audio

"The most potent weapon at our disposal is education; the essence of museums, and the essence of the International Slavery Museum". David Fleming

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Nathan Ruser from Sydney is an amateur mapper and founding member of the Institute of United Conflict Analysts who monitor a number of conflicts, especially Syria and Iraq, from their homes. Their… Audio

A human rights lawyer says he plans to fight for the release of the country's longest serving prisoner - 77-year-old child sex offender, Alfred Vincent. Audio

Australian mining companies operating in Africa have been caught up in allegations of corruption, tax avoidance, environmental destruction and human rights abuses. 150 Australian companies operate… Audio

The Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has given the clearest hint yet that aid to Nauru could be in jeopardy over human rights abuses and a failing justice system. Audio