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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Fighting Tech-facilitated Slavery

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

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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

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.

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.