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Human Rights Treaties

Stopping Killer Robots

Learn more about how lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) threaten human rights and why they must be prohibited.

International engagement

Wednesday 20 January, 2021
Understand how The Australian Human Rights Commission, as the accredited national human rights institution for Australia, engages with UN mechanisms to promote and protect human rights both domestically and internationally.

Victorian Parliament Iftar Dinner

 

Remarks of Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner to the 12th Annual Victorian Parliament Iftar Dinner

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

Nature of obligations regarding economic, social and cultural rights

Friday 3 May, 2013

Learn how our human rights are protected under the law and can only be altered by the state in the case of a national emergency and only within reason.

OPCAT: Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

Barbed wire fence
(OPCAT) is an international agreement aimed at preventing torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.