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We produce world-leading research and advance debate on critical human rights issues, with a focus on inequality and accountability. www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au

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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
EVENT | Join us on 14 October for a presentation by Dr Ophira Ginsburg, medical oncologist, global women’s health researcher and founding chair of the Lancet Commission on Women Power and Cancer. Register: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
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Women, Power and Cancer: Shifting Paradigms
“Envisioning a world where every person, regardless of gender, geography, socioeconomic status, or identity, can realize their right to accessible,...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
VIDEO | If you missed our sold-out event on AI, big tech and human rights with Toby Walsh, Ange Lavoipierre, Samantha Yorke and Justine Nolan, a recording is now available on our website: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/events/has-a...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WATCH | If you missed yesterday's launch of the Carbon Impacts Tracer, you can now view a recording on our website: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/new-onl...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Australian Human Rights Institute's Maria Nawaz speaks to @australia.theguardian.com about the launch of the 'Carbon Impacts Tracer', a new tool which can estimate climate impact from emissions of any fossil fuel project, company or state: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OUT NOW | The latest on AI's human rights impacts, a new book highlighting positive examples of businesses embedding human rights into supply chains, and the urgent need for tax reform to better support victim-survivors of domestic violence. READ MORE: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How would AI actually kill all humans? Here are the top 5 scenarios from Institute Associate and Scientia Professor of AI Toby Walsh writing for The Conversation: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us for the launch of the Carbon Impacts Tracer, a groundbreaking app that traces the human + ecological impacts of fossil fuel projects, from heat-related deaths to coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef, back to the companies/projects responsible. Register: events.humanitix.com/webinar-carb...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“The choice before us is not between technological progress and human safety; it’s whether we’re capable of pursuing both at the same time." www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...
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AI, big tech and human rights: UNSW leads debate on the way forward
UNSW Sydney convened a panel of experts to discuss the future of human rights in the age of AI.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"I can't think of any other trillion-dollar industry where people's lives are not safe, where we don't have strong government regulation." AAP reports on last night's sell-out Australian Human Rights Institute event debating AI, big tech and human rights: www.canberratimes.com.au/story/935190...
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Experts welcome tech bill, call for global AI rules
The only effective way to regulate artificial intelligence is through an international agreement, but the window where it...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SPECIAL EVENT | Wednesday's return of the Australian Human Rights Institute's 'Provocation Series' at the Art Gallery of NSW is sold out, but you can join the waiting list for any last minute tickets that become available here: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-and-b...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Institute Associate and UNSW Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar speaks with ABC's 'The Business' program about emerging cases of financial abuse involving the transfer of victim-survivors' superannuation into self-managed super funds under the perpetrator’s control: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG5v...
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Millions in debt racked up through tax and super systems | The Business | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Palau’s capital Koror this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum. Research Associate Dr Wesley Morgan looks at the agenda for The Conversation: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
OUT NOW | The human rights impacts of data centres, the latest legal fight against climate harms, the Albanese Government's failures on LGBTQIA+ rights, and much more in August's Human Rights Defender. Read it here: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ABC News National Technology Reporter Ange Lavoipierre is joining our expert panel on 16 September at the Art Gallery of NSW to debate the future of human rights in the age of AI. Final tickets are available for what will be a sold-out event: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-and-b...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
NEXT WEEK | Watch an exclusive screening of episode 1 of the ABC docu-series Tampa: The Turning Point, followed by a panel discussion at UNSW Paddington campus. Register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/tampa-the-...
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Tampa: The Turning Point - Screening & Panel Discussion
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
South Australia has announced a royal commission into AI, the first inquiry to be held at such a high level in Australia. We'll be discussing this and more with a panel of AI and human rights experts next month. Don't miss this important conversation. Tickets: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-and-b...
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Has AI and big tech opted out of human rights?
The Australian Human Rights Institute's Provocation Series returns in 2026 to debate whether AI and big tech have opted out of human rights.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
STUDENT BLOG | Our latest explainer looks at the human rights impacts of AI data centre proliferation: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/blo...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Dallas Morning News explores sports and human rights issues in the shadow of the World Cup, including a look at the Australian Human Rights Institute's work on 'sportswashing'. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
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Sardar Pashaei hopes sports can promote freedom
Human rights activist visited Bush Institute during the FIFA World Cup.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"We cannot then continue to rely on tech companies doing the right thing. It’s time governments stepped up." -Institute Associate and UNSW Scientia Professor of AI Toby Walsh writes for The Sydney Morning Herald: www.smh.com.au/national/did...
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Did AI really ‘go rogue’? Not exactly, but we have plenty to fear
We cannot continue to rely on tech companies to do the right thing. There’s too much at stake. It’s time governments stepped up.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
OUT NOW | Explore some of the highlights of this special issue of the Australian Journal of Human Rights, a festschrift in honour of Professor Beth Gaze: mailchi.mp/unsw/new-iss...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
LISTEN | Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social joins ABC Radio National's Rear Vision program to discuss how our understanding of slavery has changed over time, and why it is often still portrayed as a thing of the past: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Understanding slavery as an enduring form of economic and social control - ABC listen
The United States has just imposed new tariffs on Australia and other countries for supposedly not doing enough to combat forced labour in international supply chains. Analysts say the move is politic...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Has the government failed to protect Torres Strait culture from rising seas? Maria Nawaz takes a look at what the full Federal Court is about to decide during an appeal this week: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“In an issue as complex as forced labour, which is coming from tens of thousands of ­supply chains around the world, you need more than one lever.” - Professor Justine Nolan in The Australian on Trump’s new tariff after a claimed forced-labour crackdown. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/labor...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
LISTEN | Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social joins the ABC's World Today program to discuss the Trump administration's announcement of a 12.5% tariff on Australian exports to the US: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Australia slugged with 12.5% US tariff - ABC listen
The Trump administration has announced it will enforce a 12.5 per cent tariff on Australian exports to the US today.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
COMMENTARY | Institute Associate and UNSW Law & Justice Professor Lucas Lixinski examines the Australian government's decision to reject every single one of the United Nations' recommendations relating to LGBTIQ+ rights: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Even something as innocent as joint finances, joint bank accounts... can so easily be flipped and weaponised.” Institute Associate Ann Kayis-Kumar joins 'The Business Of' podcast to discuss the warning signs of intimate partner financial abuse: www.youtube.com/watch?v=unlb...
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The Business Of Financial Abuse with Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar, UNSW Business School
YouTube video by UNSW Business School
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Large companies could soon pay fines and face criminal charges for failing to prevent modern slavery, under a new federal government crackdown. Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social gives her verdict on the proposed reforms for The Conversation: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
LISTEN | Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social speaks to the ABC's AM program about the Australian Government's significant modern slavery reforms announced overnight, including introducing a new criminal offence for companies that fail to prevent modern slavery. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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New laws to crackdown on modern slavery - ABC listen
The Albanese government will create a new criminal offence for large companies that failing to prevent the use of slaves in their supply chains.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
OUT NOW | In this month's Human Rights Defender: Crowd-funded cancer treatments, opt-out HIV testing, AI-generated songs in the charts, and testing Australia's framework for prosecuting international crimes. Don't miss another bumper issue: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
CLOSING SOON | Applications close this Sunday for our Global Student Fellowship program, which provides UNSW students with financial support to undertake a placement at a leading international development/human rights organisation in Australia or overseas: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/glo...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
TICKETS OUT NOW | The Australian Human Rights Institute’s Provocation Series returns to the Art Gallery of NSW on September 16 with a debate about the future of human rights in the age of AI. Secure your ticket to this unmissable discussion: events.humanitix.com/has-ai-and-b...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New opportunities to join Australia’s premier human rights journal. Find out more: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/austral...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cultural heritage is often treated as an unfortunate casualty of war. Sherine Al Shallah writes for The Conversation that the destruction of significant historic sites is often a deliberate and calculated part of broader efforts to claim power + territory: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Ten Australians are taking the government to the UN over fossil fuel exports. What is their case? Maria Nawaz and Gillian Moon lay out the details for The Conversation: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our pioneering Global Student Fellowship program is back! Applications are open 22 June-19 July for the program, which gives UNSW students the opportunity and financial support to join a leading human rights or development organisation. More info: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/glo...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
OUT NOW | Spotlight on Australia's modern slavery record, AI in opinion editorials, the threat to Lebanon's historic sites, and the return of our Global Student Fellowship program -- all in this month's Human Rights Defender. Read it here: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
EVENT | The Guardian’s Ben Doherty and Australian Red Cross's Eve Massingham will appear in conversation next week, reflecting on the rules of war + why journalists and media professionals need to know them for accurate reporting and to protect themselves: events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
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'In Conversation' Reporting on the laws of war: a discussion for journalists and media professionals
Join The Guardian’s Ben Doherty and Australian Red Cross’ Eve Massingham in conversation about the rules of war and why journalists need to know them.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In Lebanon, cultural and historically significant sites are becoming another casualty of war. Institute Associate Sherine Al Shallah spoke to ABC's Radio National Hour about why it's so important to protect them. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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How to protect Lebanon's historic sites from conflict - ABC listen
Lives aren't the only thing lost in conflict. Often, cultural and historically significant sites become another casualty of war. So what can be done to preserve important landmarks?
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“The fact is that our current modern slavery law isn't really fit for purpose. It doesn't have any enforcements built into it. It's essentially voluntary for many companies." -Professor Justine Nolan speaks to Sky News about Australia's modern slavery laws: www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The United States is threatening to impose trade tariffs of up to 12.5% on Australia over anti-slavery claims. Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social explains whether the claims are true for The Conversation: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"The big challenge for the AI Safety Institute is being able to provide meaningful support and advice given the level of funding it's got." -Institute Associate & UNSW Scientia Professor of AI Toby Walsh chats to ABC News about the new government AI body: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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Philosopher tasked with keeping Australians safe from AI
A philosopher and Royal Australian Air Force reservist has been chosen to lead the federal government's efforts to keep Australians safe from the harms of AI.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
JUST ANNOUNCED | The Australian Human Rights Institute’s Provocation Series returns to the Art Gallery of NSW in 2026. This year's panel will debate how we protect human rights and democracy in the age of tech titans. Tickets and speakers announced in June. Read more: mailchi.mp/unsw/provoca...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Australian Human Rights Institute is among the 100+ signatories calling for stronger modern slavery laws today, three years since an independent review recommended an overhaul of Australia's Modern Slavery Act. Read the open letter: www.walkfree.org/news/2026/in...
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Investors, unions, human rights groups and survivors unite on call for stronger modern slavery laws
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act is under renewed scrutiny as investors, unions, survivor advocates and civil society groups call for stronger legislation to improve corporate accountability and protect...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A record funding boost for human rights research, the High Court's first climate case, the fallout from NSW's protest crackdown and much more in this month's Human Rights Defender. Read it here: mailchi.mp/unsw/human-r...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Institute Associate Dr Samara Hand writes for this month's Human Rights Defender on why NSW school suspension numbers are not just a discipline statistic, they are a human rights concern. Read more: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
EVENT | Two of Australia's foremost experts on protecting and defending the rights of whistleblowers, Kieran Pender and Gabriel Shipton, will take part in a discussion with Guardian Australia's Lenore Taylor on 16 June at UNSW Sydney. Register here: www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/whistl...
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Whistleblowers: In defence of truth | UNSW Sydney
A critical discussion on the crucial role of whistleblowing to Australian democracy.
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
COMMENTARY | Maria Nawaz, Project Lead for the Institute's Australian Climate Accountability Project, writes for The Conversation on the High Court's first ever climate case and the potential implications for fossil fuel producers across the country: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/com...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
EXPLAINER | What has been the impact of the NSW Government’s approach to regulating “social cohesion”? Read more in our latest student blog: www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/blo...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
How did Saudi Arabia's sportwashing era spectacularly implode? Australian Human Rights Institute director Professor @justinenolan.bsky.social gives an extensive interview to Nine's Wide World of Sports. www.nine.com.au/sport/liv-go...
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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Scientia Professor Louise Chappell chats to The Australian about her new book on the experiences of cancer patients and why being a "good" cancer patient can be a dangerous fantasy. www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/why...
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