What is the AHRC?
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is an independent third party which investigates complaints about discrimination and human rights breaches.
What are human rights?
Human rights recognise the inherent value of each person, regardless of background, where we live, what we look like, what we think or what we believe.
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Disability Rights
Commissioners ‘appalled’ following Four Corners episode on abusive disability ‘therapy’
Two of Australia’s human rights leaders have expressed grave concerns in the wake of shocking videos broadcast on ABC’s Four Corners program, which showed children with intellectual disabilities being repeatedly restrained as part of a radical treatment funded by the NDIS. The episode highlighted...
Voice Referendum
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Voice Referendum: Understanding the referendum from a human rights perspective
The Commission has produced a resource kit to encourage the Australian public to consider the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum through a human rights lens. The resources seek to minimise harm by encouraging cultural humility and focusing the conversation on human rights principles as they relate to the referendum and proposed Voice to Parliament.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Voice Referendum: Understanding the referendum from a human rights perspective
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Uluru Statement from the Heart
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Minimising harm in conversations about the referendum
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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
Rights and Freedoms
Free and Equal: An Australian conversation on human rights
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