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Complaints

United Nations

Australia's Sixth Periodic Review

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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.

Fighting Tech-facilitated Slavery

Summary

Find out how technology is assisting illegal slavery operations in digital spaces and what we can do to stop it.
Find out how technology is assisting illegal slavery operations in digital spaces and what we can do to stop it.

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.

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.