United Nations
Backlash as the UN condemns Australia’s youth incarceration
The United Nations has condemn Australian policy on youth incarceration at last weeks Universal Period Review. Australia’s Permanent Representative to......
Australian Human Rights Record criticized in UN calls to Raise the Age
31 countries called for the Australian age of criminal responsibility be raised to 14 at The UN Universal periodic review (UPR)......
Brisbane will host the International Day of Peace Lecture
On Monday September 21, the United Nations Association of Australia will host its 9th International Day of Peace Lecture in......
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This week marks the beginning of the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. But while movements like......
The United Nations edge closer to a treaty eliminating all nuclear weaponry
Nuclear weapons could soon be globally banned with the ratification of a new treaty that prohibits the use of nuclear......
Prime Minister Morrison Goes To Washington
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will visit US President Donald Trump later this week to discuss the two nations’ longstanding alliance.......
Number of forced displaced people is over 70 million worldwide
Last week the United Nations reported there are more than 70 million displaced people in the world. Of this total,......
Assange ill – US ploughs on with Extradition
The Wall St Journal and Washington Post appear to now realise that if the Trump Administration is successfull in bringing......
Putting money on keeping Indigenous languages alive
The United Nation’s is celebrating the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019. To mark the occasion the Royal Australian......
Planet Earth to become three degrees warmer by 2100
A report released by the United Nations has bleakly predicted that average global temperatures on Planet Earth will increase 3......