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Rights and Freedoms18 March 2022Opinion piece
Time for review on COVID-19 border and quarantine restrictions
OPINION With the McGowan Government announcing earlier this week that the Western Australian hard border will ease on February 5, 2022, Australia is inching ever closer to border closures becoming a thing of the past. But while many of us would like this to be true, it is important to realise that we’re not there yet. While border restrictions are easing around Australia and State premiers… -
Disability Rights22 April 2024Webpage
Creating an accessible and inclusive workplace
Learn how to ensure your organisation’s physical workplace, technology, attitudes and values are accessible and inclusive for all employees and visitors. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees9 October 2019Media Release
Court finds asylum seekers entitled to fair process
Up to 71 asylum seekers who missed out on making an application for a protection visa were still entitled to a fair assessment of their claims the Full Federal Court has held. The Court accepted submissions from the Australian Human Rights Commission that an internal process established by the Department of Home Affairs should have provided them with procedural fairness. As a result of the … -
Sex Discrimination1 July 2020Opinion piece
Sexual harassment is prevalent across all industries and sectors. We can and must stop it
Sexual harassment is prevalent across all industries and sectors. We can and must stop it. -
Rights and Freedoms3 March 2023Speech
Human Rights in the time of Covid
Human Rights in the time of Covid: Ensuring accountability in the contemporary public health context 26TH World Congress of Medical Law Gold Coast, 5 December 2022 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FRSA FACLM(Hon) FAAL TEP Abstract: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health emergency tested national readiness in a federal system to contain the spread of the disease… -
Rights and Freedoms18 November 2021Opinion piece
Loss of freedoms and rights has harmed us
OPINION November 18, 2021 Ronald Reagan famously said that “freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction”. For many Australians, until recently, freedom has been something we have largely been able to take for granted in our daily lives. But with millions of Australians only recently emerging from lengthy lockdowns, and every single one of us still… -
Business and Human Rights30 November 2022Speech
Executive discretion in a time of COVID-19
Promoting, protecting and fulfilling human rights in the contemporary public health context 11th Austin Asche Oration in Law and Governance Australian Academy of Law and Charles Darwin University Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FRSA FACLM(Hon) FAAL TEP * Abstract Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have required very quick action by governments. But those responses have also involved … -
Rights and Freedoms26 June 2020Publication
Implementing OPCAT in Australia (2020)
1. Introduction The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) aims to improve how people’s human rights are protected when they are detained. It does this by providing for a rigorous process of independent inspections of all places of detention in a country’s jurisdiction. In so doing, OPCAT enables a light to be… -
21 October 2022Webpage
Classroom resources on bodies, identity and sexuality
Explore teaching resources related to human rights and gender, including identity, sexual orientation and discrimination against the LGBTIQ+ community. -
Commission - General5 December 2024Speech
Tim McCoy dinner
It’s pretty special for me being here tonight as the speaker at the Tim McCoy dinner. There’s so many people in this room tonight who have played a big part in my life - making me a better human rights advocate and a better person. The McCoy Dinner is always a great celebration of the community legal and broader legal aid and social justice sectors. A meeting of the pioneers who set up CLCs…
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