Commission – General
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
Children's Rights
Children’s Rights Report 2019
The Children’s Rights Report 2019 — In Their Own Right tells the story of how well children’s rights are protected and promoted across Australia.
Children's Rights
Child-friendly version of the Children’s Rights Report 2019
The report tells the Australian Government how it can do better in looking out for children and young people. This version is for children and young people.
Rights and Freedoms
Human Rights and Technology: Discussion Paper (2019)
Also available: Executive Summary Download PDF | Download Word Commissioner’s foreword Foreword from the Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Edward Santow This Discussion Paper sets out the Australian Human Rights Commission’s preliminary views on protecting and promoting human rights amid the...
Children's Rights
Children’s Rights in Australia: a scorecard
This scorecard tells the story of how well children’s rights are protected and promoted across Australia. It tells us where we are doing ok, where we should be doing much better, and where we do not yet know enough to make an assessment of our performance.
Children's Rights
Australian and New Zealand Children's Commissioners and Guardians Communiqué: November 2019
The ANZCCG aims to promote and protect the safety, wellbeing and rights of children and young people in Australia and New Zealand
Sex Discrimination
Everyone's Business: Sexual harassment of SDA members (2019)
The results of the 2019 Member Survey indicate that the majority of SDA members have experienced sexual harassment at some point in their lifetime.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Use of force in immigration detention
The issue of the use of force in immigration detention has been raised in a range of complaints against the Department of Home Affairs received by the Commission. This report deals thematically with 14 complaints.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Mr BP, Ms BQ and Miss BR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into complaint of breach of non-refoulement obligations, arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Mr IB and Mr IC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into arbitrary detention
Commission – General
Annual Report 2018-2019
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2018–19 financial year.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Ms BK, Ms CO and Mr DE on behalf of themselves and their families v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
The Australian Human Rights Commission has conducted an inquiry into three complaints arising from the practice of the Australian Government of sending to Nauru families with young children who arrived in Australia seeking asylum.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2018] AusHRC 127 Report into arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child Introduction to this inquiry This is a report setting out the findings of the Australian Human Rights...
Rights and Freedoms
Discussion paper: A model for positive human rights reform (2019)
This paper outlines what our current system of human rights protections looks like, how it is and isn’t effective in ensuring that government respects, protects and fulfils our human rights, why reforming the current system is critical, and options for reform.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Mr AP v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
Mr AP v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2019] AusHRC 134 Report into complaint of arbitrary detention
Rights and Freedoms
