LGBTIQ+
Ensuring health and bodily integrity (2021)
Protecting the human rights of people born with variations in sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions
Publications
LGBTIQ+
Legal
Mr VA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2023)
Mr VA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2023] AusHRC 152 Report into arbitrary detention and a safe place of detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2023
Commission – General
Annual Report 2022-23
Complaint Statistics 2022-23 The year in review The Australian Human Rights Commission has been through a period of great change this financial year. Dedicated focus on governance enhancements and improving financial management has placed the Commission in a more positive financial position than it...
Children's Rights
Safeguarding Children: A child rights impact assessment tool
The Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) tool, developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission with support from UNICEF, will help governments and service providers assess how children's rights and wellbeing will be affected by new laws and policies.
Technology and Human Rights
HRIA Tool: AI in Banking
Learn more about how banks and financial institutions can use AI ethically to protect and promote human rights.
Legal
Mr RG v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2023)
Mr RG v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2023] AusHRC 148 Report into a safe place of detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2023
Legal
Mr Watt v State of NSW (Corrective Services NSW) (2023)
Mr Watt v State of New South Wales (Corrective Services NSW) [2023] AusHRC 149 Inquiry into complaints made by Mr Adam Watt that certain acts and practices during his detention in NSW correctional centres were inconsistent with or contrary to his human rights Australian Human Rights Commission 2023
Commission – General
Corporate Plan 2023–2024
This plan identifies the strategic and operating framework in which the Commission operates, and the actions we will take to achieve our purpose.
Age Discrimination
Changing perspectives: testing an ageism intervention (2023)
New Commission research shows that a brief, one-off ageism workshop can be a powerful tool in creating positive changes in attitudes and behaviours to older people.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
The Use of Hotels as Alternative Places of Detention
Overview The Australian Human Rights Commission conducts ongoing monitoring of conditions in detention to ensure that Australia’s immigration detention system complies with our obligations under international human rights law. Australia’s immigration authorities use hotels as Alternative Places of...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Youth Statement 2023
At the historic Wiyi Yani U Thangani, Women’s Voices Summit , we the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Youth Forum representatives share with you Our Youth Statement - Strength from the past and our vision for the future. To our First Nations Matriarchs we say thank you. It is your hands that have...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Summit Communique
Over four days, 900 First Nations women from all reaches of the continent came together on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, with non-indigenous women collaborators. At the conclusion of the Summit , delegates issued a Communique outlining their perspectives, calls to action and recommendations for...
Age Discrimination
Talking about my generation (2023)
Overview Discussions about ageism are often focused on negative stereotypes and discrimination against older people, but young people also experience negative attitudes and assumptions based on their age. This research sought to enrich the insights from the Commission’s 2021 What’s age got to do...
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Australia’s international obligations
Australia is obliged under international law to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees, regardless of how or where they arrive.
Legal
Mr Andrwas v The Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)(2023)
Mr Andrwas v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2023] AusHRC 147 Report into a safe place of detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2023
Race Discrimination
