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Business and Human Rights
25 June 2025SubmissionCall for Input on Country visit to Australia
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Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023SubmissionMilitary Technologies and Human Rights
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) and the Danish Institute of Human Rights have jointly prepared this submission on behalf of the 24 member countries of the NHRI Digital Rights Alliance (Alliance). The submission is in response to the United Nations Human Rights Advisory Committee's call for input on new and emerging technologies in the military domain (NTMD). Lethal… -
Technology and Human Rights
21 February 2024Submission
Human Rights Responses to Cybercrime
Learn more about how cybercrime can lead to human rights violations and how Australia can take a human-rights-centred approach. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Submission
Human Rights Impacts of Autonomous Weaponry
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) has provided its submission in response to the United Nations Human Rights Advisory Committee's call for input on new and emerging technologies in the military domain (NTMD). Lethal autonomous weapons Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) can be understood as weapons that independently select and attack targets. The Alliance calls for a… -
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. -
Technology and Human Rights
2 October 2023Submission
Centring Human Rights in AI Global Governance
Learn more about why the UN High-Level Advisory Body on AI must consider human rights as a central component of the global governance of AI. -
Technology and Human Rights
5 May 2023Submission
Human Rights in the Digital Age
New Principles for the Digital World Technology has become integral to the lives of many, but over the past three decades it has not been well-regulated. The United Nations' Global Digital Compact will outline shared principles for an open, free and secure digital future for all. However to realise this goal key recommendations were in respect of: Protecting privacy and data Promoting the -
Rights and Freedoms
19 May 2023SubmissionSubmission: 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… -
Commission - General
30 August 2023SubmissionSubmission: Inquiry into Australia's Human Rights Framework – supplementary to submission 1
The purpose of this submission is to provide further information to complement the Commission’s first submission. In proposing key elements required to ensure that a future National Human Rights Framework is robust and achieves outcomes that improve the protection of human rights in Australia, this second submission: focuses on how promoting and protecting human rights in the light of a… -
Rights and Freedoms
4 April 2023Submission
Addressing Human Trafficking, Slavery and Slavery-like Practices
Learn how the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) can be amended to better address human trafficking and slavery-like practices.