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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sydney

Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

Court finds asylum seekers entitled to fair process

Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release
11 May 2026

Cashless Debit Card Bill ‘not compatible’ with human rights

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
17 November 2025

Media statement: Use of force in immigration detention

Human rights,Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release
17 November 2025

Attorneys-General Need to Act on Elder Abuse

Older people’s rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

Human Rights Award medal announced today

Rights and Freedoms,Events
Media Release
11 May 2026

Rosemary Kayess wins 2019 Human Rights Medal

Rights and Freedoms,Events
Media Release
11 May 2026
Rosemary Kayess on winning the 2019 Human Rights Medal

Commission calls for ethical AI

Technology and data,Federal Discrimination Law
Media Release
17 November 2025

Children’s Commissioner to Launch Final Report

Children and youth rights,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Older people’s rights,Business and Human Rights,LGBTIQA+
Media Release
24 February 2026

New Resource to Teach School Children About Digital Health Records

Children and youth rights
Media Release
7 April 2026
A group of six students sit around a circular table, writing and studying with notebooks and papers spread out, viewed from above. The setting appears to be a classroom or study area with wooden flooring.

Failure to close the gap puts Indigenous communities at increased risk

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
17 November 2025
serious looking Aboriginal boy

Commemorating one year since the Christchurch mosque attack

Race discrimination
Media Release
17 November 2025

We say: No more preventable deaths

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Close The Gap - Indigenous health
Media Release
17 November 2025

Commission welcomes COVIDSafe App

Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release
17 November 2025
COVIDSafe App - hand holding iphone with the COVID-19 application

Disability Discrimination Commissioner joins Play by the Rules

Disability rights,Sex and gender
Media Release
11 March 2026

Implementing OPCAT in Australia released

Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release
17 November 2025
silhouette of two people walking through a barred gate

Commission concerned for detainees during COVID

Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release
17 November 2025

Urgent call to harmonise powers of attorney

Older people’s rights
Media Release
17 November 2025
Older Australians do not have time on their side—they need our concerted effort now to prevent financial abuse

Statement on Christmas Island immigration detention

Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release
17 November 2025

Combatting modern slavery in property and construction

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
17 November 2025
A person standing on a ladder works on exposed ceiling pipes and ducts in a large, empty, unfinished room with white walls and concrete floors.

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