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Rights and Freedoms
24 March 2025Opinion pieceCOVID report provides reality check on human rights during pandemic
Opinion piece from Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay responding to criticism of the Commision's recently released report Collateral Damage: What the untold stories from the COVID-19 pandemic reveal about human rights in Australia. -
Education21 March 2025Webpage
Statistics about Children's Rights
Learn about children in Australia, demographics, their rights, and the issues facing children and young people through statistics. -
Children's Rights
21 March 2025Media ReleaseNational Children’s Commissioner condemns new Victorian bail laws as a backward step
The National Children’s Commissioner says the Victorian Government’s new bail laws will not make communities safer because they are not based on evidence of how to prevent crime by children. -
Race Discrimination
19 March 2025SpeechMulticultural Communities Council of South Australia
To commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Race Discrimination delivered a keynote in Adelaide. -
Race Discrimination
19 March 2025Speech
FECCA Conference Speech
Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman's speech at the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia conference in Brisbane. -
Race Discrimination
19 March 2025Speech
Dr John Yu Fellowship
Race Commissioner Giridharan Sivaramans spoke at the John Yu Fellowship at the University of Sydney. -
Children's Rights
18 March 2025Media Release
National Children’s Commissioner calls for urgent action to safeguard children in early learning and care
National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds is urging a national response to revelations about dangerous practices and regulatory failings across Australia’s childcare sector. -
Race Discrimination
14 March 2025Media Release
Australian Human Rights Commission observes International Day to Combat Islamophobia
The Australian Human Rights Commission marked the importance of combating Islamophobia and reaffirm our commitment to tackling racism and discrimination. -
Business and Human Rights
13 March 2025Opinion pieceFive years since COVID-19, there are lessons we must act on
The pandemic’s exposure of deep inequalities highlights the urgent need for human rights-centred emergency responses. -
Rights and Freedoms
11 March 2025Video
Commission launches COVID-19 pandemic response report
The Commission has released a major new report about the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlights how critical gaps in the emergency response could be improved upon in future crises.