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8 May 2025Conciliation register
2024-11-01
The complainant has a vision impairment and is employed by the respondent community legal service. She alleged she was not provided with flexibility and other workplace adjustments in a timely manner, was required to continually explain her disability and related needs and had specialised equipment withdrawn. The centre denied discriminating against the complainant but indicated a… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
8 May 2025SpeechUTS Centre for Indigenous People and Work Launch
Commissioner Katie Kiss launched the University of Technology Sydney's new Centre for Indigenous People and Work. -
Technology and Human Rights
16 August 2023News story
Australia Needs AI Regulation
Learn more about how Australia must regulate AI to ensure that it is ethical and that it protects and promotes human rights. -
Rights and Freedoms
3 May 2024Opinion pieceWe need debate on sensible limits on free speech
When president Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the 1941 State of the Union address he spoke of four essential human freedoms people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy. The very first of these was freedom of speech and expression. Free speech was listed first because it is the bedrock of democracy. Salman Rushdie famously described it as “the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is… -
Children's Rights
7 June 2024Webpage
Greater focus needed on kids during pandemic
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Technology and Human Rights
2 July 2023Opinion piece
Australia needs to be a world leader in ethical AI
Find out more about how Australia can be a leader in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence. -
Disability Rights
5 May 2025WebpageChapter 3 | Standards and Guidelines on digital accessibility
Contents Introduction W3C Standards Australian Standards Australian Government standards State Government requirements Industry requirements Additional Guidance Introduction This Chapter includes brief summaries of technical standards and guidance mentioned in the Guidelines. As explained in the Guidelines, the Disability Discrimination Act requires that providers of goods and services do… -
Technology and Human Rights
3 August 2023Submission
The Need for Human Rights-centred AI
Learn more about ethical AI and why Australia must protect human rights from the possible harms of AI. -
29 April 2025Conciliation register
2024-10-03
The complainant has a neurological disability affecting her sleep and occasional caring responsibilities for a family member. She was placed at the respondent government agency by the respondent consulting firm. She claimed the agency originally offered to allow her to work from home as needed to accommodate her disability and to work interstate when required by her family responsibilities… -
Rights and Freedoms
20 January 2023Opinion piece
Australia needs to deliver on our treaty promises
As with any agreement, there are certain requirements that OPCAT signatories need to fulfill, and Australia has been given longer than any other country to meet our OPCAT commitments. Today – 20 January 2023 – is our extended compliance deadline, and Australia has failed to deliver on our promises. -
Children's Rights
21 July 2022Media Release
Government action needed to protect children in detention
Learn how the Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of teenagers who were kept in adult detention centres. -
Rights and Freedoms
22 April 2021Media Release
Greater scrutiny of emergency powers needed
The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for greater accountability to be embedded in laws that extend the Commonwealth’s power in the event of national emergencies. In its submission to a Senate inquiry examining the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020, the Commission recommended five changes to legislation that was enacted by parliament in 2020. Human Rights Commissioner…