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International

Australia's Sixth Periodic Review

Summary

Learn more about the Commission's update to the Committee against Torture on the implementation of recommendations from their Concluding Observations.
Learn more about the Commission's update to the Committee against Torture on the implementation of recommendations from their Concluding Observations.

Human Rights in the Digital Age

Summary

Learn more about your right to privacy, the regulation of artificial intelligence, misleading content and human rights in the digital age.
Learn more about your right to privacy, the regulation of artificial intelligence, misleading content and human rights in the digital age.

Foreign Interference through Social Media

Summary

Learn how foreign actors use social media to interfere with Australia's national interest and human rights.
Learn how foreign actors use social media to interfere with Australia's national interest and human rights.

International engagement

Wednesday 20 January, 2021
The Commission is Australia's 'A status' national human rights institution. The Commission's engages internationally with UN human rights mechanisms, NHRIs, and other countries.

Australia adds its human rights expertise to UN Council

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Australia’s election to the United Nations Human Rights Council acknowledges the expertise and leadership Australia brings to international human rights, according to the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Rosalind Croucher.

Victorian Parliament Iftar Dinner

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

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Australia's Second Universal Periodic Review on human rights

Friday 14 December, 2012

Learn about the Universal Periodic Review, which is undertaken by the UN every four years to examine the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States.

OPCAT: Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

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