Children's Rights
‘Help way earlier!’ – transforming child justice
Read Help way earlier, a report by the National Children's Commissioner on how Australia can transform child justice to improve safety and wellbeing.
Projects
Children's Rights
Children's Rights
‘Help way earlier!’ – transforming child justice
Read Help way earlier, a report by the National Children's Commissioner on how Australia can transform child justice to improve safety and wellbeing.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Informing the Agenda - Call for Submissions
The Australian Human Rights Commission invites submissions from First Nations Peoples to inform the Social Justice Commissioner's agenda on key issues affecting their lives.
Race Discrimination
A Study into the Prevalence and Impact of Racism in Australian Universities
The Australian Human Rights Commission will soon undertake a groundbreaking study into the prevalence, nature, and impact of racism at universities
Children's Rights
On Your Terms: Youth survey on consent and sex ed
Under the direction of the National Children’s Commissioner, the Children’s Rights Team at the Australian Human Rights Commission has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Education to conduct a study on 14-18-year-old's experiences of, and attitudes towards, consent, respectful...
Sex Discrimination
Speaking from Experience Project
The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched Speaking from Experience, landmark project that centres the voices of people with lived experience in workplace sexual harassment reform.
Technology and Human Rights
Neurotechnology and Human Rights
Learn more about the Australian Human Rights Commission's project on the human rights risks associated with neurotechnology.
Rights and Freedoms
Free and Equal: An Australian conversation on human rights
What makes an effective system of human rights protection for 21st century Australia? What are we doing well and what steps do we still need to take?
Technology and Human Rights
HRIA Tool: AI in Banking
Learn more about the Commission's project on using ethical AI in decision-making in the banking industry to protect human rights.
Sex Discrimination
The Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act
The Commission has developed resources to help organisations and businesses understand their new legal responsibilities under the Sex Discrimination Act.
Children's Rights
Transforming child justice to improve safety and wellbeing
Background The National Children’s Commissioner is conducting a project that investigates opportunities for reform of youth justice and related systems across Australia, based on evidence and the protection of human rights. The project will explore ways to reduce children’s involvement in crime...
Age Discrimination
Planning ahead
Future planning empowers older people to have choice and control over their senior years and provides peace of mind for them and their loved ones.
Children's Rights
Supporting Quality Engagement with Children
Project overview The Supporting Quality Engagement with Children consultation project aims to include the voices of children, young people and their families in policies and services that directly affect them. The five Key National Strategies The National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds is...
Children's Rights
Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform Across Australia
The National Children’s Commissioner is conducting a project that investigates opportunities for reform of youth justice and related systems across Australia, based on evidence and the protection of human rights. The project will explore ways to reduce children’s involvement in crime, including...
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Immigration detention and human rights
The human rights of people who are in immigration detention are of special concern to the Commission. Liberty is a fundamental human right, recognised in major human rights instruments to which Australia is a party.
Technology and Human Rights