Publications

Commission – General

Corporate Plan 2024-2025

This plan identifies the strategic and operating framework in which the Commission operates, and the actions we will take to achieve our purpose.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024

This report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system. It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis. It calls for...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024 Community Guide

This is a Community Guide to the Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024. It provides a quick and easy way to understand the full report and its purpose. The report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system...

Legal

Mr NR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)

Mr NR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 172 Report into use of force Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Legal

Mr LD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)

Mr LD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 173 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Legal

Mr MF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)

Mr MF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 167 Report into inhuman treatment, arbitrary detention, and arbitrary interference with family Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Legal

Mr Al Dahan v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)

Mr Al Dahan v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 168 Report into use of force Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Legal

Mr CJ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)

Mr CJ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 169 Report into use of force Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Legal

Mr Pjetri v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)

Mr Pjetri v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 170 Report into inhuman treatment and use of force Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Legal

Mr Abela v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)

Mr Abela v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 171 Report into use of force Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Race Discrimination

Mapping government anti-racism programs and policies

This report enhances the Commission’s understanding of how Australia's national, state, territory and local governments engage in anti-racism work. It describes the nature and scope of their policies and programs over the past five years.

Legal

Mr CF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)

Mr CF v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 166 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2024

Children's Rights

Improving the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children

This study aims to provide a national focus for reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems by examining the nature of recommendations from 61 reports and inquiries into these systems between the years of 2010 and 2022.

Legal

Mr CZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)

Mr CZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 164 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2024