Guides and forms
Explore a range of publications on human rights issues by subject area that have been created by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Download our complaint form
To lodge a complaint, please download and return our complaint form:
We can only accept written complaints.
To lodge a complaint, please download our complaint form and return it to the Commission by email or post.
Please note that we do not accept information provided by links or drop boxes.
We are currently experiencing a significant delay in actioning complaints.
To help us to deal with your complaint in an effective and timely manner, we ask you keep your complaint to one document of no more than 20 pages with no attachments.
Guides
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent third party which investigates complaints about discrimination and breaches of human rights. Please click on the links below to view the outline of each guide.
- What can you complain about - Information for people making complaints
- The Complaint Process
- Complaint information in Auslan
- Conciliation - how it works
- Conciliation DVD
- Information for advocates and lawyers participating in conciliation
- Responding to a complaint - information for people and organisations responding to complaints
Auslan and translations
Access more information in Auslan.
Publications and other documents
- Act information sheets
- Complaint process brochures
- Pathways to Resolution DVD
- Charter of Service
- Translated information
- 'Know Your Rights' - Information card for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Information for Young People
- Human Rights reports.
