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Commission – General30 August 2022Webpage
2021-22 Senate Order Entity Contracts Listing Relating Calendar Period
< See Archived Reports 2021-22 SENATE ORDER FOR ENTITY CONTRACTS LISTING RELATING TO THE CALENDAR PERIOD 01/07/2021-30/06/2022 Pursuant to the Senate Order for entity contracts the following table sets out contracts entered into by the Australian Human Rights Commission which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more (GST inclusive) and which: have not been fully performed as at ... -
Children's Rights5 September 2022Media Release
Ongoing juvenile detention crisis a failure of basic support for kids and families
Commissioner Hollonds said vulnerable children and their families have been let down by federal, state and territory governments for decades with key recommendations from various inquiries and Royal Commissions going unimplemented. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 3: Remote Indigenous education: Social Justice Report 2008
...education is the engine room of prosperity and helps create a fairer, more productive society. It is the most effective way we know, to build prosperity and spread opportunity...[1] -
Commission – General5 September 2022Webpage
Senate File Listing: 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022
Senate File List for the Australian Human Rights Commission for 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022. < See previous Prefix ID Parent Classification File Name Created Date DC 2022/9332838773 Administration - Meetings 8 March 2022 - Roundtable Feb-22 DC 2022/0676738285 Administration - Meetings 25 August 2022 - Roundtable May-22 DC 2022/6354829672 Shared Documents - Diversity and Inclusion Diversity ... -
Children's Rights9 September 2022Speech
Every child, in every community, needs a fair go. Shining a light on supporting children to grow up safe and supported
His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC, Governor-General of Australia, and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley. Thank you for launching National Child Protection Week 2022 and for hosting us today. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respect to their elders, past, present and emerging, and to all Aboriginal and Torres ... -
Business and Human Rights12 September 2022Publication
Responsible Business Conduct and the Tourism Industry in Vietnam: Guidance for Companies (2022)
Guidance to assist companies operating in the tourism industry in Vietnam to conduct their business responsibly and ensure that their operations promote and protect human rights. -
13 September 2022Webpage
2022 Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Women’s Safety Policy Forum Delegate Statement
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice13 September 2022Media Release
First Nations women to take leading role in addressing family and community violence
An important gathering of First Nations women – including specialist experts, researchers, frontline workers and women with lived experience of violence – has called on governments across Australia to ensure First Nations women lead all future efforts to prevent violence against First Nations women and children. On Monday the Wiyi Yani U Thangani Women’s Safety Policy Forum was held online, with ... -
Disability Rights20 September 2022Speech
Australia's Disability Strategy, Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The compartmentalisation of disability policy has meant people with disability, or their representatives, are often expected to have the information and evidence to justify policy change and even when they do make their case, they need multiple levels and areas of government to support them. -
Disability Rights20 September 2022Speech
Disability Discrimination Commissioner's Speech at the 2022 Jobs and Skills Summit
The participation rate for people with disability is and has remained at 53% for 28 years. The participation rate for people without disability is 83%. -
Rights and Freedoms23 September 2022Submission
National Preventive Mechanisms: a formal safeguard for people with disability Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
This submission highlights the vital role of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the OPCAT) in creating a proactive and formal safeguard to preventing violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disability in situations of deprivation of liberty. ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 4: Beyond the Apology - an agenda for healing: Social Justice Report 2008
On 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on behalf of the Australian Parliament, made a historic and long overdue national Apology to the Stolen Generations. With eloquence and emotion, Prime Minister Rudd said what so many Australians have wanted to say, and what so many Indigenous peoples have needed to hear: -
Age Discrimination30 September 2022Media Release
New campaign seeks to reduce abuse of older Australians
Launched today to coincide with the 2022 International Day of Older Persons, the Elder Abuse: Shift Your Perspective campaign includes a series of videos which prompt perpetrators to consider how their behaviour might be affecting older people in their lives. -
Commission – General30 September 2022Publication
Strategic Plan 2022-25
An Australian society in which human rights are respected, promoted and protected. Where every person is free and equal in dignity and rights. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees7 October 2022Publication
Joint Statement on the use of Hotels as Alternative Places of Detention
As the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for places of detention under control of the Commonwealth, the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman inspects immigration detention facilities, including Alternative Places of Detention (APODs), to identify and consider systemic issues or systems where there is a risk of torture or ill‑treatment. The NPM’s role is to monitor the treatment of people and the ... -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees7 October 2022Media Release
Joint Statement on the use of hotel APODs
This Statement provides guidance on the short-term use of hotel APODs, including access to open‑air exercise, access to meaningful programs and activities, and the need to ensure medical and welfare services are of the same standard as those provided in other immigration detention facilities. -
Rights and Freedoms17 October 2022Media Release
New report aims to help fast-track Australia’s OPCAT implementation process
A new report released today by the Australian Human Rights Commission outlines activities required to expedite Australia’s sluggish approach to implementing the United Nation’s Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Informed by the Commission’s recent National OPCAT Symposium, the Road Map to OPCAT Compliance ... -
Sex Discrimination17 October 2022Media Release
National plan to end gender-based violence must be fully resourced to achieve results
Explore a plan to end gender-based violence and how for this to succeed, all governments need to make investments in prevention and recovery strategies. -
21 October 2022Webpage
Let's talk about bodies, identity and sexuality
Explore teaching resources related to human rights and gender, including identity, sexual orientation and discrimination against the LGBTIQ+ community. -
21 October 2022Webpage
Let's talk about disability
Learn about how people with a disability have the same rights and freedoms as everyone and should all be respected and treated equally and fairly.
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