Australian & Global Politics: Global Challenges

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

Human rights are the basic freedoms and protections that belong to every single one of us. All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms.

The Human Rights Law Centre protects and promotes human rights in Australia and in Australian activities overseas.

This report to the United Nations (UN) 2017 Human Rights Committee (the Committee) examines Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Most countries have passed legislation that criminalizes trafficking in persons as a specific offence. The Global Report shows that there is a relation between how long a country has had proper trafficking legislation on its books, and how many convictions it reports.

Access to resources key global development issues and access to data and research.

Oxfam is one of the oldest organisations working against poverty.

ActionAid is an international organisation, working with over 15 million people in 45 countries for a world free from poverty and injustice.

The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is voluntarily funded.

American organisation working to eliminate the threats posed by the world’s most dangerous weapons.

NATO has a long-standing commitment to an active policy in arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. The Alliance continues to pursue its security objectives through these policies, while at the same time ensuring that its collective defence obligations are met and the full range of its missions fulfilled.

NATO Allies seek to prevent the proliferation of WMD through an active political agenda of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation.

Arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation plays an important role in reaching the Alliance’s security objectives. At the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw, NATO Allies reiterated NATO’s commitment to arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament, acknowledging the threat posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, as well as their means of delivery, by states and
non-state actors.

Corporate Watch is a not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism.

Analysis and Policy Observatory (APO) is a wonderful research focused website which includes many new reports on social issues concerning Australia and the world in general. It is updated weekly