The Latest Breaking News from Lorraine Finlay

Australia joins Azerbaijan, Rwanda and Ukraine among nations to fail to provide full access after ratifying agreement

Lorraine Finlay says state government’s decision means Australia is ‘failing to live up to the promises it made to the world’

International rights body has concerns that open and merit-based processes were bypassed in the filling of three key positions

The Australian Human Rights Commission risks being stripped of its accreditation as an "A-status" institution, with the global standards body raising concerns about the selection of commissioners.

Australia's Human Rights Commissioner says state of emergency laws are getting harder to justify at this stage in the pandemic.

A Senate estimates hearing is told that the lack of air conditioning at Roebourne prison has been a serious issue for a "considerable period of time". Meanwhile, an Aboriginal legal service has asked the UN to put pressure on the WA government.

In 2017, Australia made an international commitment to implement a comprehensive inspection system for all places of detention. Four years on, it has failed to do so, and this is simply not good enough, writes Lorraine Finlay.