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Rights and Freedoms18 November 2020Webpage
What human rights are at particular risk of being restricted during a pandemic?
Learn how human rights were restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic and how vulnerable people and groups were subjected to more human rights incursions. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice18 September 2018Webpage
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Read all the latest news at the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice. -
Children's Rights19 May 2023Project
Supporting Quality Engagement with Children
Project overview The Supporting Quality Engagement with Children consultation project aims to include the voices of children, young people and their families in policies and services that directly affect them. The five Key National Strategies The National Children’s Commissioner, Anne Hollonds is undertaking consultation activities across five Key National Strategies. Safe and Supported:… -
Commission – General25 May 2023Event
Stopping Killer Robots: RightsCon presentation
Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is calling for bans on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) - weapons that use artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology to select and attack targets. Commissioner Finlay will present ‘Stopping Killer Robots – prohibiting the use of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)’ at RightsCon Costa Rica. The Commissioner says there is… -
18 September 2018Webpage
Get involved
Get involved in protecting and promoting human rights in Australia. -
Sex Discrimination2 November 2023Webpage
Education
This is a series of free mini eLearning courses about the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) developed by the AHRC. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice31 October 2023Opinion piece
Now is the time to act. The referendum must not lead to despair, but to a search for new ways to secure justice
This opinion piece by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, appeared in The Guardian Australia on Sunday 29 October 2023 The day the proposal for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice was rejected by the majority of my fellow Australians will be remembered by many as a sombre day in our country’s history. After the result, there is much pain… -
Rights and Freedoms3 August 2023News story
Forum to end mistreatment of people with disability in detention
Learn more about the National Forum on Cruel, Degrading and Inhumane Treatment of People with Disability and Mental Health Disorders in Detention. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice30 March 2023Media Release
Commission Welcomes Constitutional Alteration Bill
View a statement by Commission President, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. -
Education16 November 2021Teachers Article
Choose your own statistics
Check out the Choose Your Own Statistics website, which was created to meet the learning requirements of maths students. -
Rights and Freedoms7 March 2023Webpage
Human Rights Act for Australia - Social Media Tiles to Download
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Rights and Freedoms19 May 2023Submission
Submission: Inquiry into Australia's Human Rights Framework
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR) May 2023 Summary In April 2010, the Australian Government introduced Australia's Human Rights Framework (2010 Framework). The Australian Government chose not to pursue a Human Rights Act as part of the framework at that time, deferring consideration of introducing a Human Rights Act to a review of the operation of the… -
11 December 2023Webpage
Positive Duty Form
The Commission investigates and enforces compliance with the positive duty. Share concerns about an organization's compliance by completing our online Positive Duty Form. -
Rights and Freedoms14 April 2023Submission
The Australian Federal Police’s review on its use of spit hoods
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Australian Federal Police's internal review of its use of spit hoods. -
Legal10 November 2023Publication
Mr VA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2023)
Human Rights complaint report, immigration detention, arbitrary detention, safe place of detention, ICCPR -
Rights and Freedoms27 March 2023Submission
Queensland inspection standards for youth detention centres and prisons
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Queensland Ombudsman and Inspector of Detention Services' consultation on inspection standards for youth detention centres and prisons (Qld Standards). -
Rights and Freedoms18 March 2022Opinion piece
What is happening in Ukraine should matter to every Australian
OPINION There is almost 13,000km between Australia and Ukraine. It is literally on the other side of the world. Given the vast distances that separate us, it would be easy to claim that what happens there has nothing to do with us. That Australia should focus instead on the many challenges we face at home and leave the rest of the world to deal with their own problems. That would be a grave … -
Race Discrimination30 May 2022Webpage
About racial discrimination
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 protects individuals across Australia from discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin. In 1995 the Act was extended to make racial vilification against the law. -
Technology and Human Rights28 April 2023Submission
Fighting Tech-facilitated Slavery
Find out how technology is assisting illegal slavery operations in digital spaces and what we can do to stop it. -
Legal20 March 2023Submission
Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) in relation to its inquiry into Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws.
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