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The budget for Australia’s national human rights institution, the Australian Human Rights Commission, will fall significantly over the next four years.

Since 2015, the global community has increasingly acknowledged the importance of youth leadership for the pursuit of sustainable peace. In an under-resourced and hyper-competitive landscape, promising youth-led programs are missing out.

Russia’s war on Ukraine is driving some of the most rapid movement of refugees ever seen. Its invasion and increasingly intense bombardment is generating a dire humanitarian crisis. Over 3 million people have fled across borders to Poland and other surrounding countries since February 24.

As Ukraine scrambles to defend itself from Russia’s illegal invasion, men aged 18 to 60 have been banned from leaving the country.

The Centre for Law and Social Justice has hosted its first online event. The webinar titled, 'The Djokovic Visa Controversy, Human Rights and Australian Law,' took place on the 1st of March 2022.

Newcastle Law School and the Centre for Law and Social Justice are celebrating the commencement of four new students of refugee background in the undergraduate Law program.

The Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill will pass the House of Representatives by the end of this week. The bill would enhance the immigration minister’s powers to cancel the visas of people convicted of certain crimes.

The Centre for Law and Social Justice, has started soft launch activities with its first panel event scheduled for 1st of March 2022.

Given the scientific consensus that an urgent and significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is required to avoid catastrophic environmental and economic consequences, Newcastle Law School encourages its students, alumni and staff to support efforts to promote immediate and sustained action t

The latest outbreak of conflict in Gaza and Israel is escalating rapidly. Associate Professor Amy Maguire discusses why accountability for alleged war crimes is so hard to achieve in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

After a challenging 2020, the University of Newcastle Legal Centre’s pop-up clinic at Merewether beach is returning to offer free legal advice to individuals struggling with any law-related matters.

Purai member and University of Newcastle’s Law school Professor, Amy Maguire will talk about a world-first claim by Indigenous people which connects climate change impacts to human rights on Human Rights Day.