Considering Australia had only 45 seconds to deliver its recommendations on China’s human rights situation at the UN review of the country’s record in Geneva yesterday, our diplomats managed to pack quite a lot in. …
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Every day we carry our lives on digital devices tucked in our pockets. But public trust in those devices has reached an all-time low thanks to scandals ranging from election interference by Russian hackers to …
US President Donald Trump’s Helsinki press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin casts in stark relief his striking regard for authoritarian leaders. It is consistent with his systematic downgrading of the promotion of human rights …
The world The United States this week withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council. Vox provides a clear picture of the situation while CNN discusses reactions to the move. This CFR piece investigates how prospects …
In a significant achievement for Australian foreign policy, UN members elected Australia to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) last month. Australia will serve a three-year term commencing 1 January 2018. It now has the …