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Rights and Freedoms
29 August 2025Media ReleaseHuman Rights Commissioner concerned about proposed changes to Migration Act
Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay has expressed serious concerns about the Federal Government’s proposed changes to the Migration Act, warning they could undermine human rights and breach Australia’s international legal obligations. -
Disability Rights
13 March 2024WebpageResources for job seekers and employees
Explore our resources for people with disability who are looking for work, advancing their career or thinking about self-employment. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
14 July 2025SubmissionExternalisation of Migration and the Impact on the Human Rights of Migrants
The Australian Human Rights Commission has made a submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, ahead of his forthcoming report to the UN General Assembly on the externalisation of migration and its impact on migrant rights . This submission outlines the Commission’s serious concerns regarding Australia’s externalisation policies, including offshore -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
19 February 2025Media Release
Human Rights Commissioner says NZYQ Nauru resettlement announcement raises more questions than it answers
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around an Australian Government decision to resettle three members of the NZYQ cohort in Nauru, saying the announcement raises serious human rights concerns and prompts more questions than it answers. -
Rights and Freedoms
26 June 2025Opinion piece
Australia’s torture failures must end
In an opinion piece published in The Mandarin, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay decries Australia’s ongoing failures in torture protection. The piece was published on the 1989 anniversary of Australia signing up to the UN Convention Against Torture. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
27 November 2024News story
Explainer: Commission does not support the Migration Amendment Bill
The Australian Government has introduced new migration laws into Parliament to expand search and seizure powers in immigration detention centres. The Commission does not support the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024 -
Education25 March 2025Webpage
Statistics about refugees and people seeking asylum
Learn about refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia, demographics, and the issues facing different groups within this community such as discrimination and family separation through statistics. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
9 December 2024Media Release
Women in immigration detention at serious risk of harassment and violence
The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for significant reform to the country’s immigration detention system, after a new report into the treatment of women in detention found their rights, safety and wellbeing are being widely overlooked. These failures, it found, are compounding the risk to women of harassment, violence, and ill health. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
4 April 2023Publication
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. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
12 December 2024Opinion piece
Women in immigration detention are trapped in a system designed for men. Many have not hugged a family member in years
In an opinion piece published in The Guardian, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay Commissioner Finlay describes the harrowing experiences faced by many women in immigration detention and calls for urgent reform to address these human rights failures. It follows the release of the AHRC report into the issue.
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