Sources: Global Post
Three human rights organisations, Al Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court calling for the court to consider apartheid and genocide in its investigation of the ongoing situation in Palestine. 2023-11-9
A people's court in Linshu County, Shandong, China, sentences prominent human rights and democracy activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for subverting state power. 2023-04-10
East Timor is granted observer member status of the ASEAN bloc of nations, with a roadmap to membership established. The country welcomes the decision as it currently experiences high levels of unemployment and malnourishment. 2022-11-11
During an online emergency meeting, the foreign ministers of the ASEAN agree to exclude Myanmar's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from the upcoming ASEAN Summit to be held later this month. The country will instead be represented by non-political representative at the summit. 2021-10-15
The Queensland Police Service refuses a request from the Adani Group to remove a group of Wangan and Yagalingu protesters occupying the Carmichael coal mine, saying that this would be a human rights violation. The Wangan and Yagalingu peoples previously held native title to the land before the Queensland Government extinguished it in 2019 in preparation for the contract with Adani. 2021-10-3
An ombudsman report finds that the Victorian state government's decision to briefly impose a "hard lockdown" on public housing towers in July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, not allowing anyone in or out, was a violation of human rights. The state government refuses to apologise to the tower residents despite the report's recommendations. 2020-12-17
Norwegian justice minister Sylvi Listhaug resigns amid controversy over remarks on human rights and national security. 2018-03-20
United States President Barack Obama hosts a two-day summit in Rancho Mirage, California with leaders of the ASEAN member states, including democratically-elected Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines and Joko Widodo of Indonesia as well as autocratic rulers such as Hun Sen of Cambodia and Najib Razak of Malaysia. 2016-02-15
The United Nations Human Rights Council orders an investigation into alleged human rights violations by the Government of Syria in the 2011 Syrian uprising. 2011-08-23
A panel of human rights experts convened by the United Nations Human Rights Council says Israel's seizure of the Mavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla raid was "clearly unlawful". 2010-09-22