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LGBTIQ+
12 June 2019Publication
Guidelines - Including transgender and gender diverse people in sport
These Guidelines have been developed to provide guidance to sporting organisations on promoting the inclusion and participation of transgender and gender diverse people in sport. -
Children's Rights
11 December 2019Speech2019 Human Rights Day Oration
The Hon Peter McClellan AM QC 10 December 2019 I recently visited the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima. It is a confronting but moving experience. It is a memorial to the people the allies believed it necessary to kill to win the war. They were also intent on emphasising to the world that they had the most powerful weapon ever invented. They chose to detonate the bomb in an urban area rather than ... -
Age Discrimination
3 July 2024SpeechKeynote Address to the Law Council of Australia
Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner Friday, 31 May 2024 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction I would like to thank the Law Council of Australia for this invitation to speak at your National Elder Law and Succession Law Committee meeting, and to your committee chair, Darryl Browne, for introducing me. I wish to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them home - Downloads
DVD activity sheet PDF or Word (note that DVD needs to be ordered separately from the Commission’s publications area, Ph: (02) 9284 9600, or online at: www.humanrights.gov.au/publications) -
Children's Rights
4 August 2022Media Release
National day spotlights culture and rights of First Nations children
Celebrating and showcasing the lives of First Nations children is the focus of today’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. With the theme this year of ‘My Dreaming, My Future’, the day also provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on how Australians can work together to improve a range of health, social and human rights outcomes for young First Nations people ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Downloads - rightsED
back to Voices of Australia Voices of Australia Activities / resources downloads Download complete resource in PDF or Word Introduction PDF or Word 1. Discussion game Activity sheet: Find someone who …. PDF or Word 2. Role play and discussion Resource sheet: Character profiles .... PDF or Word Activity sheet: Find a character who PDF or Word 3. Map and timeline work Resource sheet: World map PDF ... -
Sex Discrimination
13 March 2024SpeechKey challenges and priorities
Learn about the key challenges and priorities for the office of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, particularly in relation to the recent Respect@Work reforms. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
17 July 2024SpeechEMRIP- Australia has not signed federal treaty with Indigenous peoples
Item 5 Statement 17th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) Thursday 11 July 2024 -
Sex Discrimination
30 November 2021Speech
Launch of Set the Standard
Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins launches “Set the Standard” report aims to improve safety and respect in Australian parliamentary workplaces. -
Children's Rights
24 August 2022Media Release
Survey shows children need better mental health support
A national survey examining the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic shows children and their families need better support from schools and mental health services. An initiative of the National Children's Commissioner, the survey found that children most commonly seek mental health support from their families, friends and schools. However, these ... -
Technology and Human Rights
2 July 2023Opinion pieceAustralia needs to be a world leader in ethical AI
Find out more about how Australia can be a leader in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence. -
Disability Rights
29 May 2023SpeechConsumer protection: Why diversity and inclusion matters
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Ben Gauntlett's keynote speech at the ACCC International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) Conference Dinner in 2023. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2008-2009: Chapter 2
One of the Commission’s central functions is to undertake education programs that increase public awareness and generate discussion of human rights and anti-discrimination issues within Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Building understanding and respect for human rights - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
Our aim is to make this a reality. To that end we strive to build understanding in the Australian community about what human rights are and their relevance for everyday life. We have made good progress on our journey, but we know we have more work to do. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageNational Human Rights Consultation
Learn how Australia has committed to a greater emphasis on human rights education under the World Program for Human Rights Education. -
Commission – General
27 July 2023SpeechA new national human rights framework for Australia
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon) delivered this speech at The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference on 21 July 2023. Overview The Australian Human Rights Commission is reaching the conclusion of its Free and Equal project, identifying what the national system for protecting human rights should be in Australia. In this keynote, President Croucher outlined ... -
Education14 December 2012Publication
RightsED - Young people in the workplace
Young people in the workplace contains a series of activities and resources to help students explore the issues around workplace discrimination. The activities help students to draw comparisons between the dramatised workplace issues and their personal experiences by looking at how concepts of difference, discrimination and harassment may operate in their daily lives. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
"There have been times in our history when Australia has been generous and open hearted and times when it has been very mean. In 1938 at the Evian Conference about dealing with Jewish and other refugees from Hitler, Australia took a flint hearted position, saying that we did not want to import Europe's problems, or to increase racial differences, and that refugees should get back in the queue. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 December 2019Speech
Inaugural National Indigenous Women’s Leadership Symposium
[Introduction in Bunuba] Jalangurru lanygu wiyi yani. I want to pay my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land we meet on today, and to their elders both past and present. I also want to thank and congratulate the organisers of this event – everyone at Women in Leadership Australia and everyone at Women’s Business. Well thank you all for having me here ... -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
ACDE is the national peak organisation representing deans of faculties of education and heads of schools of education in Australian universities, and in other institutions providing recognised teacher education qualifications. ACDE members are responsible for initial and post-initial teacher education (schools, VET, early childhood, tertiary, some other instructors/educators), education research and scholarship, and education research training.