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Sex Discrimination23 April 2024Webpage
Fact sheets and other resources
The Commission has developed a range of other resources with information regarding the positive duty, including posters, factsheets, and case studies. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
melbourne trams exemption information sheet
On 6 November 1998 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission received an application by the Victorian Public Transport Corporation and others for an exemption from sections 23 and 24 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Section 23 of the Act relates to access to premises. Section 24 of the Act relates to goods, services and facilities (including public transport). -
Complaint Information Service30 April 2020Webpage
Translations: Fact sheet - Complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act
Access translations of the fact sheet on complaints under racial discrimination. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice4 August 2023Webpage
Referendums and constitutional change
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will hold a referendum in late 2023. The referendum will ask Australians whether the Constitution should be changed to include a recognition of the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament -
Education5 July 2016Webpage
Building belonging: A toolkit for early childhood educators
Learn how to create an inclusive learning environment for children and how to respond to discrimination. This is a toolkit for early childhood educators on cultural diversity and responding to prejudice. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission on Migration (2007)
Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commissi on to the Joing Standing Committee on Migration regarding the Inquiry Into Eligibility Requirements and Monitoring, Enforcement and Reporting Arrangements for Temporary Business Visas January 2007 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600 www… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Dept of Human Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care (NSW)
The Australian Human Rights Commission has received an application pursuant to section 44 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth)(ADA) from the State of New South Wales – Department of Human Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) for an exemption from section 28 and 29 of the ADA. -
Commission - General14 December 2012Webpage
Publications
Publications Most Australian Human Rights Commission publications are available in electronic format on this website in our new Publications section in the top menu. This page provides links to the lists of publications by subject area, an order form and a list of recent publications. The current list of printed publications available can be seen by clicking on the order form. Most are free… -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Right to an effective remedy
Learn about how a process called the right to effective remedy can help protect people when their human rights have been violated. -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Freedom from torture or cruel, degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment
Learn that under human rights law, no person shall be subjected to torture or subjected without free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.