Human Rights Reports

Reports to the Minister under the AHRC Act

In addition to receiving complaints of unlawful discrimination, the Commission can inquire into complaints of breaches of human rights and workplace discrimination under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act).

When the Commission receives a complaint of a breach of Human Rights or workplace discrimination, the Commission will attempt to resolve the complaint through conciliation.

If conciliation is unsuccessful or inappropriate and the Commission finds that there has been a breach of human rights or workplace discrimination has occurred – then the Commission can prepare a report of the complaint, including recommendations for action, for the Attorney General. The report may be tabled in Parliament.

Reports to the Minister under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 are available below:

• No. 173 Mr LD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 172 Mr NR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 171 Mr Abela v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 170 Mr Pjetri v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 169 Mr CJ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 168 Mr Al Dahan v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 167 Mr MF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2024)
• No. 166 Mr CF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (June 2024)
• No. 165 Mr MH v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (May 2024)
• No. 164 Mr CZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (May 2024)
• No. 163 Mr BX v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (April 2024)
• No. 162 Mr KO v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (April 2024)
• No. 161 Mr OA, Miss OB and Master OC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (April 2024)
• No. 160 Mr DL and Mr DM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (April 2024)
• No. 159 Mr Lawrence v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (February 2024)
• No. 158 Mr KJ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (February 2024)
• No. 157 Mr Jdid v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (February 2024)
• No. 156 Mr FF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (January 2024)
• No. 155 Mr KX v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (January 2024)
• No. 154 Mr DC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2023)
• No. 153 Mr JC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2023)
• No. 152 Mr VA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2023)
• No. 151 Mr Anees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2023)
• No. 150 Mr EK v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2023)
• No. 149 Mr Watt v State of New South Wales (Corrective Services NSW) (May 2023)
• No. 148 Mr RG v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (June 2023)
• No. 147 Mr Andrwas v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (March 2023)
• No. 146 Mr Vakhabov v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2022)
• No. 144 Ms RC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (September 2022)
• No. 145 Mr AO v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (May 2022)
• No. 143 The detention of refugees following visa refusal or cancellation under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (March 2022)
• No. 142 Ms PQ and Ms PR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (June 2021)
• No. 141 Immigration detention following visa refusal or cancellation under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Feb 2021)
• No. 140 QA v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (Feb 2021)
• No. 139 LF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (December 2020)
• No. 138 PD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (October 2020)
• No. 137 Hamedani v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (September 2020)
• No. 136 Mr AC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (September 2020)
• No. 134 Mr AP v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (August 2020)
• No. 135 FZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2019)
• No. 133 Mr Nauroze Anees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (November 2019)
• No. 132 Mr TA and Miss TB v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2019)
• No. 131 Mr BP, Ms BQ and Miss BR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (May 2019)
• No. 130 Use of force in immigration detention (October 2019)
• No. 129 Mr IB and Mr IC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (May 2019)
• No. 128 Ms BK, Ms CO and Mr DE on behalf of themselves and their families v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (December 2018)
• No. 127 Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)  (October 2018)
• No. 126 CW v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (July 2018)
• No. 125 Ms Jessica Smith v Redflex Traffic Systems Pty Ltd (July 2018)
• No. 124 AM v The Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (May 2018)
• No. 123 AG v Commonwealth (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) (April 2018)
• No. 122 AZ v The Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (February 2018)
• No. 121 BE v Suncorp Group Ltd (March 2018)
• No. 120 DR & DS v The Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (March 2018)
• No. 119 Ms OR on behalf of Mr OS, Miss OP and Master OQ v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (July 2017)
• No. 118 Dr Judyth Watson on behalf of Nine Vietnamese men in immigration detention v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (May 2017)
• No. 117 Mr MB v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection (May 2017)
• No. 116 Mr CR and Mr CS v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (April 2017)
• No. 115 BW v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (April 2017)
• No. 114 Mr BF on behalf of Master BG v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection (March 2017)
• No. 113 Gentleman v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd  (Jan 2017)
• No. 112 AX v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (Jan 2017)
• No. 111 BA v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Jan 2017)
• No. 110 Ms AR on behalf of Mr AS, Master AT and Miss AU v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (November 2016)
• No. 109 Bakhtiari v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (October 2016)
• No. 108 Bam v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (October 2016)
• No. 107 Six persons with adverse security assessments detained in immigration detention, and family members affected by their detention v Commonwealth of
  Australia (DIBP) (April 2016)
• No. 106 Ms Bakhtiari and Master Reza Bakhtiari v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (March 2016)
• No. 105 AW v Data#3 Limited (March 2016)
• No. 104 Lee family and Misinale family v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP)  (March 2016)
• No. 103 Ghahani v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (December 2015)
• No. 102 Kolind v Commonwealth of Australia (DET) (December 2015)
• No. 101 AI v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (December 2015)
• No. 100 HG v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (December 2015)
• No. 99 CM v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (October 2015)
• No. 98 Kong v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (October 2015)
• No. 97 AV v DIAL-AN-ANGEL Pty Ltd (August 2015)
• No. 96 LA and LB v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (August 2015)
• No. 95 HG v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (June 2015)
• No. 94 Rahimi (deceased) v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (June 2015)
• No. 93 AN v ANZ Banking Group Limited (March 2015)
• No. 92 Immigration detainees with adverse security assessments v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (18 June 2015)
• No. 91 Tapara v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (18 June 2015)
• No. 90 Charlie v Commonwealth of of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 89 PJ v AMP Financial Planning Pty Limited (1 December 2014)
• No. 88 AH v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 87 HA, HB, HC, HD and HE v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 86 MG v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 85 Jafari v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 84 AQ v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 83 FA, FB, FC and FD v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 82 Alwy Fadhel v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (1 December 2014)
• No. 81 TM v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd (1 December 2014)
• No. 80 KA, KB, KC and KD v Commonwealth of Australia (2 December 2014)
• No. 79 CB v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (24 November 2014)
• No. 78 Ismail Mirza Jan v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (24 November 2014)
• No. 77 Basikbasik v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) (24 November 2014)
• No. 76 Mordechai v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) ( 23 October 2014)
• No. 75 Arif v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (23 October 2014)
• No. 74 MC and Hassan Ghanbari v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (23 October 2014)
• No. 73 Mai v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (23 October 2014)
• No. 72 JA v Commonwealth (Department of Defence) (2014)
• No. 71 Mansoor and Mr IA v Commonwealth (DIBP) (2014)
• No. 70 Abdellatif v Commonwealth (DIBP) (2014)
• No. 69 Ogawa v Commonwealth (DIAC) (2014)
• No. 68 Parker v Commonwealth (DIAC) (2014)
• No. 67 Stevanovic v Commonwealth (DIAC) (2014)
• No. 66 Swamy v Percival (2014)
• No. 65 Johansson v Masonic Homes Inc (2014)
• No. 64 Report into arbitrary detention and the best interests of the child (2013)
• No. 63 Paul family v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2013)
• No. 62 Ince v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2013)
• No. 61 BD v Queensland (Department of Community Safety) (2013)
• No. 60 Behme v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) (2013)
• No. 59 DA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department Federal Police) (2012)
• No. 58 BB v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 57 ST v Endeavour Energy (2012)
• No. 56 Sri Lankan refugees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 55 BZ and AD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 54 Pak family v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 53 Miss Judy Tuifangaloka v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 52 Mr SD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 51 Brown v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 50 Campbell v Black & White Cabs Pty Ltd and Tighe (2012)
• No. 49 Cherkupalli v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) (2012)
• No. 48 Mr CG v State of New South Wales (Rail Corporation New South Wales) (2012)
• No. 47 Mr Heyward v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)
• No. 46 Yousefi family v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)
• No. 45 Mr Al Jenabi v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)
• No. 44 Mr Toro-Martinez v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)
• No. 43 Mr NK v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)
• No. 42 Mr KL v State of NSW (Department of Education) (2010)
• No. 41 El Masri v Commonwealth (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2009)
• No. 40 Complaints by immigration detainees against the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship, formerly the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs) and GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd (2009)
• No. 39 Report of Complaint by Mr Huong Nguyen and Mr Austin Okoye Against the Commonwealth of Australia and GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd (2008)
• No. 38 Report of a Complaint by Mr Frank Ottaviano against the South Australia Police (2008)
• No. 37 Report of an inquiry into Dr Julie Copeman’s complaint that Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service terminated her employment on the basis of her trade union activity (2007)
• No. 36 Report of Ms CD's human rights at the Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (2006)
• No. 35 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr AV of a breach of his human rights while in immigration detention (2006)
• No. 34 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Daniel Clark against the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of a breach of his human right to freedom of expression (2006)
• No. 33 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Ms Tracy Gordon of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record (2006)
• No. 32 Report of an inquiry into a complaint made on behalf of federal prisoners detained in New South Wales correctional centres that their human rights have been breached by the decision to ban distribution of the magazine 'Framed' (2006)
• No. 31 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Zacharias Manongga Consul for the Northern Territory, Consul of the Republic of Indonesia that the human rights of Indonesian Fishers detained on vessels in Darwin Harbour were breached by the Commonwealth of Australia (2005)
• No. 30 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr William Mayne of age discrimination in the Australian Defence Force (2005)
• No. 29 Report of an inquiry into complaints by Ms Susan Campbell that the human rights of her daughter were breached by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2005)
• No. 28 Report of an inquiry into complaints by immigration detainees concerning their detention at the Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (2005)
• No. 27 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Ms KJ concerning events at Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre between 29-30 March 2002 (2004)
• No. 26 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Kenneth Douglas of age discrimination in the Australian Defence Force (2004)
• No. 25 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Mohammed Badraie on behalf of his son Shayan regarding acts or practices of the Commonwealth of Australia (the Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs) (2002)
• No. 24 Report of an inquiry into complaints by five asylum seekers concerning their detention in the separation and management block at the Port Hedland Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (2002)
• No. 23 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Hassan Ghomwari concerning his immigration detention and the adequacy of the medical treatment he received while detained (2002)
• No. 22 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr XY concerning his continuing detention despite having completed his criminal sentence (2002)
• No. 21 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by six asylum seekers concerning their transfer from immigration detention centres to State prisons and their detention in those prisons (2002)
• No. 20 Report of inquiries into complaints of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record - Ms Renai Christensen v Adelaide Casino Pty Ltd (2002)
• No. 19 Report of inquiries into complaints of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record - Mr Mark Hall v NSW Thoroughbred Racing Board (2002)
• No. 18 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Duc Anh Ha of acts or practices inconsistent with or contrary to human rights arising from immigration detention (2002)
• No. 17 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by the Asylum Seekers Centre concerning changes to the Asylum Seekers Assistance Scheme (2002)
• No. 16 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Hocine Kaci of acts or practices inconsistent with or contrary to human rights arising from immigration detention (2002)
• No. 15 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Ms Elizabeth Ching concerning the cancelling of her visa on arrival in Australia and subsequent mandatory detention (2002)
• No. 14 Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Mr Andrew Hamilton of age discrimination in the Australian Defence Force (2002)
• No. 13 Report of an Inquiry into a Complaint of indefinite nature of detention in Prison (2001) Kiet & Ors v. Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
• No. 12 Report of an inquiry into complaints into Immigration Detention Centre (2000) Qing & Fei v. Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
• No. 11 Discrimination on the ground of age (2000) Ishikuni v. Japan Travel Bureau (Australia)
• No. 10 Report of an inquiry into Immigration Detention Centre (2000) Johnson v. Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
• No. 9 Discrimination on the ground of trade union activity (2000) Edwards, Farrell, Moate v. O'Brien Metal Products Pty Ltd
• No. 8 Age discrimination in the Australian Defence Force (2000) Bradley, Barty, Petersen & Van Den Heuval v. Australian Defence Force
• No. 7 Superannuation entitlements of same-sex couples (1999) - Report of Examination of Federal Legislation
• No. 6 Discrimination on the ground of sexual preference (1998) - Griffin v. Catholic Education Office
• No. 5 Preliminary Report on the detention of Boat people (1997)
• No. 4 Age discrimination in trade union membership (1997) - O'Rouke v. Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers
• No. 3 Discrimination on the ground of trade union activity (1997) - Kong v. Australia Post
• No. 2 Redundancy arrangements and age discrimination (1997) - B, Howes, Lodoloo, Mezzatesta & Matthews v. Public Transport Corporation of Victoria
• No. 1 Compulsory age retirement (1996) - Bone, Craig, Ivanoff, Love v. QANTAS

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