Human Rights
13 stories, 120 sources cited
UK Supreme Court overturns Cheshire West and narrows who counts as deprived of liberty
On 2 June 2026 seven justices unanimously scrapped the 2014 acid test for deprivation of liberty under Article 5. The safeguards system it reshapes to
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Australia's rights commission found five breaches over a detained family; Home Affairs rejected all
Report [2026] AusHRC 190, sent to the Attorney General in January 2026, found five Commonwealth acts breached the ICCPR and the Convention on the Righ
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UN anti-racism committee invokes urgent action procedure over Indigenous children in Australian detention
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted Statement 1 (2026) on 29 April and published it on 5 May, finding that Indigenous
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Post-Bondi protest ban was unconstitutional, NSW Court of Appeal rules unanimously
Three judges declared the public assembly restriction declaration scheme invalid on 16 April 2026, four months after it passed in a Christmas Eve sitt
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Muckamore inquiry finds restraint replaced care at a learning disability hospital
The Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry reported on 18 June 2026 on care between December 1999 and June 2021. It made 106 recommendations, heard 181 witn
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Federal Court orders Fortescue to pay Yindjibarndi $150.3 million for mining on their country
Orders issued on 1 July 2026 require Fortescue to pay $150,354,009 to Yindjibarndi native title holders: $150 million of it for cultural loss, against
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Reddit fined £14.47m as UK and Australian regulators reject self declared ages for children
The Information Commissioner's Office fined Reddit £14.47 million on 24 February 2026 and Imgur's owner £247,590 on 5 February, both for failing to ch
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A US judge struck down Trump's NPR and PBS defunding order as viewpoint retaliation
On 31 March 2026 Judge Randolph Moss permanently enjoined the operative provision of Executive Order 14290, the May 2025 direction that every federal
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High Court upholds Met facial recognition policy as London face scans pass 1.7 million
A Divisional Court dismissed the challenge on 21 April 2026, holding the Metropolitan Police policy of 11 September 2024 lawful under Articles 8, 10 a
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Australia is one of two non-European states in the new Ukraine aggression tribunal
On 15 May 2026 in Chisinau, 36 states and the European Union adopted the agreement governing the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against
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Paris court makes Yves Rocher's parent pay for union sackings at a Turkish factory
On 12 March 2026 the tribunal judiciaire de Paris found Laboratoires de Biologie Vegetale Yves Rocher breached France's duty of vigilance law, awardin
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Canberra court voids forced relocation of three tenants who held their homes 27 to 42 years
The ACT Supreme Court set aside relocation decisions against three public housing tenants who had held the same homes for between 27 and 42 years, dec
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EU top court finds Hungary's 2021 anti-LGBTI law breaches the Union's founding values
In Case C-769/22 on 21 April 2026, all 27 judges of the Court of Justice held that Hungary's “child protection” Act LXXIX of 2021 stigmatises LGBTI pe
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