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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

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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
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

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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

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