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Commission – General22 March 2019Webpage
Senate file listing: 1 Jul 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
SENATE FILE LIST FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1 JULY 2018 – 31 DECEMBER 2018 see previous File Id File Name Create Date 2017/225-2 IMMIGRATION PROJECT WORK - IMMIGRATION DETENTION MONITORING 2017-18 - PERTH AND CHRISTMAS ISLAND HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE - HUMAN RIGHTS SCRUTINY RESEARCH '2018-09-24 2017/225-3 IMMIGRATION PROJECT WORK - IMMIGRATION DETENTION MONITORING 2017-18 - PERTH ... -
Rights and Freedoms9 July 2019Publication
Factsheet: Guide to the protections for freedom of religion (2019)
There are a number of protections for freedom of religion in Australian law. At the federal level, a person may make a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission or to the Fair Work Commission about discrimination on the basis of religion that occurs in the context of employment. -
Commission – General18 February 2022Publication
Annual Report 2020-2021
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2020–2021 financial year. -
Rights and Freedoms25 June 2020Publication
Freedom of Religion in Australia: a focus on serious harms (2020)
The right to freedom of religion is recognised in international human rights law and receives some protection in Australia’s federal, state and territory laws. -
Sex Discrimination8 December 2022Speech
National Press Club Address: Changing Laws, Changing Behaviours, Changing Lives
Speech by Australia's National Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, to the National Press Club on 30 November, 2022. -
14 December 2012Book page
Human rights - what do I need to know? (2008)
All Australians have human rights. Human rights are universal: they are for everyone, everywhere, everyday. Human rights are based on values such as freedom, equality and dignity and seek to protect our quality of life. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 2: Lateral violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities - Social Justice Report 2011
Last year I set out my priorities for my term as Social Justice Commissioner.[1] My priorities revolve around the central idea that to address the disadvantage faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and build a more reconciled nation, we need to develop stronger and deeper relationships: -
14 December 2012Book page
Welfare to Work submission
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry on the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to work and other Measures) Bill 2005 and the Family and Community Services Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005 (together 'the Bills') -
Commission – General3 November 2022Publication
Annual Report 2021-2022
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2021–2022 financial year. -
Commission – General17 January 2019Publication
Annual Report 2017-2018
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2017–18 financial year. -
Rights and Freedoms13 May 2022Speech
Whither human rights and freedoms protections in Australia?
As I reflect on the past two years, it is clear that the pandemic has brought a renewed national focus on the importance of centralising considering rights and freedoms during times of crisis — a greater ‘rights consciousness’. -
14 December 2012Book page
The Right to a Discrimination-Free Workplace
The prohibition on discrimination in employment is a relatively recent, but now well-established, feature of the Australian legal environment. Laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace in Australia date back to 1966 when South Australia introduced the Prohibition of Discrimination Act 1966 (SA), to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race in aspects of employment and in the provision of goods and services.[1] -
Rights and Freedoms17 January 2019Speech
Echoes of breaking glass: reflections on Kristallnacht
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY We know the basic facts of Kristallnacht. On the 9th and 10th of November 1938, mobs attacked Jews in Germany and neighbouring states. They did so freely; without restraint. Many Jews were killed, many more were injured, and many more than that were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Jewish businesses were destroyed; schools and cemeteries vandalised. Over 1000 ... -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) is a non-incorporated alliance of community organisations founded in 1999 to work for just treatment of people seeking asylum. It is based in Victoria, meets monthly and has three working groups: 1. Campaign, 2. Detention reform and 3. Lobbying. -
Disability Rights28 November 2023Webpage
Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess
Rosemary Kayess Disability Discrimination Commissioner, commenced 29 January 2024 Rosemary Kayess’ five-year term as Disability Discrimination Commissioner begins on Monday 29 January 2024. Ms Kayess holds a Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws and an Honorary Doctorate in Law. She is a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Vice Chair ... -
Commission – General30 August 2023Submission
Submission: 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 federal ... -
Technology and Human Rights15 August 2023Submission
Ethical AI in South Australia
Learn more about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and how AI can be developed safely and ethically to protect human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights5 April 2023Submission
Foreign Interference through Social Media
Learn how foreign actors use social media to interfere with Australia's national interest and human rights. -
Legal20 May 2022Webpage
Submission to Court as Intervener and Amicus Curiae
The Commission has the power to intervene, with leave of the Court, in proceedings that involve issues of race, sex and disability discrimination, human rights issues and equal opportunity in employment. The power to seek leave to intervene is contained in: -
Rights and Freedoms9 April 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)
Community update: COVID-19 (April 2020)
Here to help, human rights in COVID times
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