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Technology and Human Rights
30 October 2024SubmissionPrivacy and Doxxing Reform Bill
Learn more about how reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) will better protect human rights in Australia -
Technology and Human Rights
30 October 2024Submission
Guardrails for High-risk AI
Learn more about the need for an Australian Artificial Intelligence Act to better protect human rights -
Technology and Human Rights
30 October 2024Submission
Doxxing and Privacy Reform
Learn more about how doxxing may impact the human rights of people subject to the release of personal information -
Technology and Human Rights
10 October 2024Submission
Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill 2024
Learn more about the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 and how it impacts human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights
7 August 2024Submission
Criminalising deepfake sexual material
Learn more about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code which criminalises the creation and transmission of sexual deepfakes. -
Technology and Human Rights
7 August 2024Submission
Social Media and Australian Society
Learn more about how social media platforms may pose risks to human rights in Australia. -
Technology and Human Rights
10 July 2024Submission
Online Safety
Learn more about the statutory review of the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) and how it can better protect human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights
27 May 2024Submission
Adopting AI in Australia
Learn more about how Australia can adopt artificial intelligence safely and with respect for human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights
6 May 2024Opinion piece
Protecting Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Dismissing Online Safety
This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, appeared in The Australian on Monday 29 April 2024. When President Roosevelt gave the 1941 State of the Union Address he spoke of four essential human freedoms that people ‘everywhere in the world’ ought to enjoy. The very first of these was freedom of speech and expression. Free speech was listed first because it is the… -
Technology and Human Rights
8 March 2024Publication
Protecting Cognition: Background Paper on Neurotechnology
Learn more about what human rights and regulatory risks are created by the development and deployment of neurotechnology. -
Technology and Human Rights
7 March 2024Project
Neurotechnology and Human Rights
Learn more about the Australian Human Rights Commission's project on the human rights risks associated with neurotechnology. -
Technology and Human Rights
28 February 2024Opinion piece
Let’s not elevate brain tech over our humanity
Learn more about how Neuralink's successful implantation could raise human rights issues about neurotechnology. -
Technology and Human Rights
23 February 2024Submission
Australia and Lethal Autonomous Weaponry
Learn more about Australia's approach to lethal autonomous weapons systems and what this means for human rights. -
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. -
International
6 February 2024News story
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 75 Years On
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International
10 January 2024Video
How a milestone human rights document came to be
It is considered one of the most important documents ever written in human history. But how did the Universal Declaration of Human Rights shape Australia, and what does it still mean for us today? In part two of our video series commemorating its 75th anniversary, we look at the Declaration's inception. Learn more about our series here. -
International
10 January 2024Video
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 75 Years On Video Series
In a video series commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we hear from a diverse group of Australians about what human rights means to them and where our nation still needs to improve. View the rest of the series here. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Submission
Human Rights Impacts of Autonomous Weaponry
Learn about how lethal autonomous weapons systems violate international human rights and humanitarian law and why they must be regulated. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Speech
Human Rights in AI-powered Immersive Worlds
Read Commissioner Finlay's speech at Metaverse Safety Week 2023 about the importance of human rights and technology. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Submission
Military Technologies and Human Rights
Learn more about how lethal autonomous weapons systems and other military technologies threaten human rights.