By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People cross a street with a billboard reading "How to get a passport of a citizen of Russia" in the occupied territory of Luhansk, September 22, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo A decree Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on March 20, 2025, requires Ukrainian citizens living in the Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizka, Khersonska, Donetska, and Luhanska regions to either “regulate their legal status” or leave.This means they must obtain Russian passports by September 10, or be classified as “foreigners” and subject to foreign residency regulations such as a maximum…
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By Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, Lecturer in International Law, Curtin University
Only five days after the arrest warrant against former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was issued, he was apprehended and immediately put on a plane to The Hague to face charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The prompt action – and the fact he is the first former Asian head of state before the ICC – have been heralded as “a pivotal moment for the court”.
While this is a rare success story in…
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By Irene Nikoloudakis, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Adelaide
Australia has adopted a tougher, more targeted approach than New Zealand to investigating wage theft by employers – and it doesn’t involve the police.
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By Sarah Vivienne Bentley, Research Scientist, Responsible Innovation, Data61, CSIRO
Where would we be without knowledge? Everything from the building of spaceships to the development of new therapies has come about through the creation, sharing, and validation of knowledge. It is arguably our most valuable human commodity.
From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge. Today we stand on the brink of the next knowledge revolution. It is one as big as — if not more so — the invention of the printing press, or the dawning of…
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By Mike Climstein, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
Jeremy Hudson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
Michael Stapelberg, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University
Nedeljka Rosic, Senior Lecturer, Human Sciences, Southern Cross University
A big freckle or a sunspot? A flat mole or a dark freckle? Here’s how to tell the difference between the three – and when to get a spot checked for skin cancer.
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By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
Meta has issued a court order to stop former senior employee Sarah Wynn-Williams from discussing her memoir – despite its new commitment to ‘free expression’.
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By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
This year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival showcases a diverse selection of films from blockbusters and biopics to comedies and gripping thrillers for Australian audiences.
I’ve written before about how this annual event, now in its 36th edition, is, in terms of tickets sold and films screened, the largest film festival dedicated to contemporary French cinema outside of France.
The 2025 program once more…
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By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
Some kids live a ‘double life’ when it comes to eating habits. But there are six ways to bring childcare eating habits home.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Government Complex in Seoul, March 24, 2025. © 2025 Heon-Kyun Jeon /Pool Photo via AP Photo South Korea’s Constitutional Court’s reinstatement of Han Duck-soo as prime minister yesterday, overturning his impeachment, is a significant development in the country’s political crisis. But despite superficial similarities, Han’s case bears little resemblance to that of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December for imposing martial law. The court is expected to rule on Yoon’s case…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Tomoya Asanuma (center) appears alongside his legal counsel at a press conference after filing a lawsuit on "hostage justice" at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, 2025. The mannequin next to him represents Yo Amano, who has been detained without trial for over six years. © 2025 Lalasa Tomita/Human Rights Watch Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, contending that the Code of Criminal Procedure provisions allowing prolonged pretrial detention and denial of bail violate the Japanese Constitution.Under…
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