Annual Report 2019-2020
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2019–2020 financial year.
Commission – General
March ebulletin
Support for Anti-Racism Framework
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2020
Summary
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in relation to its Review of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2020 (Cth) (the Bill) introduced by the Australian Government.
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in relation to its Review of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2020 (Cth) (the Bill) introduced by the Australian Government.
Senate file listing: 1 July 2020 - 31 December 2020
Senate File List for the Australian Human Rights Commission for 1 July 2020 – 31 December 2020.
Rosemary Kayess gives 2020 Human Rights Oration
Leading disability rights advocate Rosemary Kayess will give the 2020 Human Rights Day Oration today.
Last year’s Human Rights Medal winner, and a contributor to the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Rosemary Kayess will discuss the social transformation of CRPD and the impact it has had on the community as well as her work with the Disability Royal Commission.
Rosemary will be in conversation with ABC’s disability affairs reporter, Nas Campanella.
President - Rosalind Croucher
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM
President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM is President of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
COVID-19 information
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Human Rights Day Oration
Join Human Rights Medal winner Rosemary Kayess for the 2020 Human Rights Day Oration.
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November ebulletin
Welcoming our new Children's Commissioner, Anne Hollonds
Commissioners
The Commission has a President and seven Commissioners.
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President
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Ms June Oscar AO -
Age Discrimination Commissioner
The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO
