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This Paper is one of two Issues Papers for the Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination against Older Australians and Australians with Disability. This paper focuses on issues facing persons with disability, while the other focuses on issues facing older Australians. Each paper recognises the distinct challenges and resulting impacts experienced by older Australians and…

This Paper is the one of two Issues Papers for the Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination against Older Australians and Australians with Disability. This paper focuses on issues facing older Australians, while the other focuses on issues facing persons with disability. Each paper recognises the distinct challenges and resulting impacts experienced by older Australians…

Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission under the Universal Periodic Review

Learn about the intersection of war, peace, the ANZAC spirit, and human rights, highlighting historical and contemporary perspectives.

Download the National Prevalence Survey of Age Discrimination in the Workplace 2015 and learn about how age discrimination is a barrier to entry for employment.

Rights & Responsibilities 2014 was a national consultation conducted by the Human Rights Commissioner between August and December 2014. The consultation examined how well people think their human rights and freedoms are protected in Australia.

In the spirit of an open and constructive dialogue between government, the wider community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the Close the Gap Campaign annually produces this progress and priorities report alongside the Prime Minister’s report.

Foreword Australia currently holds about 800 children in mandatory closed immigration detention for indefinite periods, with no pathway to protection or settlement. This includes 186 children detained on Nauru. Children and their families have been held on the mainland and on Christmas Island for, on average, one year and two months. Over 167 babies have been born in detention within the…

As the body with a statutory responsibility to ensure the observance of human rights in Australia, it is important that respect and acceptance of diversity is an integral part of our own workplace. Diversity in our staff is one of our greatest assets and assists us to meet our organisational objectives. Our diversity strategy, for the first time incorporates all of our commitments and…

This 2014 UPR Progress Report is the fourth in a series of annual reports developed in the lead up to Australia’s Second Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.

A guide to the Commission and its activities for 2014-2015

This report is a collection of the presentations given by the various speakers at Free Speech 2014. These papers represent the views of the speakers, not the Commission. Whilst some minor edits have been made to the original transcripts, the Commission has maintained the integrity of the speeches as they were delivered on the day.

View a report into arbitrary detention and inhumane conditions of detention in the case of KA, KB, KC and KD v Commonwealth of Australia.

View a report into arbitrary detention in the case of AH v Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

Explore a report into discrimination in employment on the basis of a criminal record in the case of PJ v AMP Financial Planning Pty Limited.

Explore a report into arbitrary detention and interference with family in the case of Charlie v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP).

Explore a report into discrimination in employment on the basis of a criminal record in the case of TM v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd.

Explore a report into arbitrary detention in the case of Alwy Fadhel v Commonwealth of Australia Department of Immigration and Border Protection.