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14 December 2012Book page
Psychological Well Being of Child and Adolescent Refugee and Asylum Seekers
This paper outlines major international research findings of the past ten years reflecting knowledge gathered about the psychological health of child and adolescent refugee/asylum seekers. In doing so, several key areas of consistency are identified. First, with the majority of research in this area centered on the prevalence of psychopathology, and particularly post-traumatic stress symptoms, it has been clearly demonstrated that refugee children and adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of pre-migration, most notably exposure to trauma. -
Children's Rights
12 April 2023EventWebinar: Reinventing schools to support learning & wellbeing for all
<p>If we want children to flourish, we must ask ourselves if the&nbsp;school system is doing the right thing by them. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and learning aren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health, disengagement from learning, disruption among social connections and vastly reduced physical activity were some of the impacts on children. Can we learn the lessons of the pandemic, armed with the evidence that outcomes for many Australian children were declining well before COVID-19?</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
28 November 2022Media ReleaseNew report sets the stage for First Nations women to lead response to family and community violence
The report is an outcome of the recent Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Women's Safety Policy Forum which was held virtually in September and which brought together over 150 participants from all around the country, the majority being First Nations women. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
20 October 2023Media Release
Commissioners distressed by death of boy after being detained in Perth prison
<p>Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, and National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds have issued a joint statement following the death of a First Nations teenager who had been held in a youth detention unit at the Casuarina adult prison in Perth.</p> <p>Commissioner Oscar: “My thoughts are with the family and community of the 16-year-old boy who passed overnight after being found unresponsive in his cell at Casuarina Prison. This is incredibly sad.</p> <p>"Prison is no place for our children.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Report No. 40: Complaints by immigration detainees against the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship, formerly the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs) and GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd (2008)
Pursuant to section 11(1)(f)(ii) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), I attach a report of an inquiry by the former President of the Commission into complaints made by immigration detainees against the Commonwealth of Australia. The former President found that the Commonwealth had breached the human rights of the complainants pursuant to articles 10(1) and 17(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. -
Children's Rights
29 March 2021News story
Now is the moment to listen to young people
<p><strong>By National Children's Commissioner, Anne Hollonds.</strong></p> -
International
2 November 2023News story
Engaging with the international human rights system
<p>The Australian Human Rights Commission has recently hosted visits from two UN Special Rapporteurs: the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change.</p> -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
26 July 2019Media ReleaseTransferring asylum seeker families to Nauru – human rights report
<p>The practice of sending to Nauru families with young children who arrived in Australia seeking asylum is the subject of an <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekers-and-refugees/publications/ms-bk-ms-co-and-mr-de-behalf-themselves-and-their">inquiry report by the Australian Human Rights Commission tabled in Parliament today.</a><a href="#fn1">[1]</a></p> <p>Mr Richard Lancaster SC, as delegate of the President, found that the regional processing centre on Nauru was not an appropriate place to send families with young children.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
31 October 2013SpeechFreedom of Speech and giving offence: can a balance be struck?
<h2><strong>Annual Kirby Lecture on International law: ANZSIL 2013</strong></h2> <p>Thursday 4 July 2013<br>6:30 pm</p> <p>Finkel Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research,<br>Garran Rd, Australian National University</p> <p><em>(Check against delivery)</em></p> -
Children's Rights
24 August 2022Publication
'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, children and their families have experienced unparalleled disruptions to their daily lives. Although the pandemic is far from over, it is important that we understand how children have dealt with these. -
Children's Rights
26 June 2019Speech
Speech to NSW & ACT Professional Standards Network
A speech by Megan Mitchell covering The Royal Commission’s recommendations, the connection between those recommendations and the National Principles, work we’re doing at the Australian Human Rights Commission in the Child Safe Organisations project, how religious organisations can implement the National Principles, government responses to the Royal Commission’s recommendations and recent developments at the national level. -
Children's Rights
6 March 2022News story
Media statement: National survey on understanding and experiences of consent
National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins have welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of a national survey exploring consent education of secondary school students across Australia. -
Children's Rights
6 April 2022Publication
Keeping kids safe and well: your voices
Children and young people are experts in their own lives, and their insights are critical for understanding how we can better support their safety and wellbeing. -
Children's Rights
24 August 2022Publication
Child-friendly version of 'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)
For more than two years, children and families in Australia have been living through the global COVID-19 pandemic. In early 2022, I asked children and their parents/guardians and grandparents, about their experiences during COVID-19, and what help they needed to recover. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
8 July 2019Speech
Maranguka Education, Employment and Training Community Summit
<p><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></p> <p>Jalangurru lanygu balangarri. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Ngemba yani U. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani.&nbsp; Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Good day everyone. I acknowledge the traditional owners, the Ngemba peoples, of the land we meet on today. This is the first time the ears of this land hears my language. Let us meet and talk with good feeling.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> -
Rights and Freedoms
2 September 2019Media Release
Commissioners call for compassionate approach for Tamil family
<p>Australian Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell and Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow have today written to Minister David Coleman, calling for an urgent and compassionate resolution for the Tamil family detained in immigration detention on Christmas Island.</p> <p>“Given their connection to Australia, showing compassion and allowing the family to stay together in the only community the children have known since birth is in those children’s best interests,” said Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell.&nbsp;</p> -
Children's Rights
12 April 2023News story
Join the webinar: Reinventing schools
<p><strong>If we want children to flourish, we must ask ourselves if the&nbsp;school system is doing the right thing by them. </strong></p> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and learning aren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health, disengagement from learning, disruption among social connections and vastly reduced physical activity were some of the impacts on children.</p> -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
23 January 2013Publication
Immigration detention on Christmas Island - Observations from visit to Immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island
Immigration detention on Christmas Island Observations from visit to Immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island -
Children's Rights
11 December 2019Speech
2019 Human Rights Day Oration
<h3>The Hon Peter McClellan AM QC</h3> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b6QMECNL-a0" width="560"></iframe></p> <p>10 December 2019</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody:
One is irresistibly reminded of the likening of bureaucratic activity to the sex life of elephants: much trumpeting, a lot of activity at high level and no outcome for three years.