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Legal22 February 2024Submission
Review of ASIO's compulsory questioning powers
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in relation to its Review into Division 3 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979. -
Sex Discrimination22 February 2024News story
Positive Duty: Supporting safe, inclusive and respectful workplaces
In December 2023, the Australian Human Rights Commission convened a panel of experts to discuss the positive duty under the Sex Discrimination Act, compliance and enforcement policies, and efforts to address workplace sexual harassment and other unlawful behavior. -
Children's Rights5 February 2020Publication
Child-friendly version of the Children’s Rights Report 2019
The report tells the Australian Government how it can do better in looking out for children and young people. This version is for children and young people. -
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. -
18 September 2018Webpage
Contact
We offer a range of services to help you understand and protect your human rights. Contact the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Education9 February 2021Webpage
Anti-racism training
Create a positive workplace culture by upskilling your team members in anti-racism, with online training from the organisation that developed Australia’s Racism. It Stops With Me campaign. -
17 January 2019Webpage
National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces - limited waiver of confidentiality obligations
Learn how the Commission asked employers to allow their staff to make confidential submissions to the National Inquiry into Workplace Sexual Harassment. -
Legal27 August 2019Publication
Mr TA and Miss TB v Commonwealth of Australia
Mr TA and Miss TB v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2019] AusHRC 132 Report into arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice16 March 2020Publication
Close the Gap (2020)
We nurture our culture for our future, and our culture nurtures us. A report prepared by the Lowitja Institute for the Close the Gap Steering Committee | March 2020 Executive Summary With this report — We nurture our culture for our future, and our culture nurtures us — we have sought to reflect the reciprocal and cyclical relationship between culture and wellbeing, whereby nurturing culture… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees23 October 2019Publication
Mr IB and Mr IC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into arbitrary detention -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees23 October 2019Publication
Mr BP, Ms BQ and Miss BR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into complaint of breach of non-refoulement obligations, arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child -
Disability Rights30 July 2020Publication
Access under Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
These Guidelines have been developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) to provide clear and practical assistance to facilitate compliance with the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Cth) (the Transport Standards) through the use of equivalent access. -
Commission – General14 October 2020Publication
Annual Report 2019-2020
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2019–2020 financial year. -
Rights and Freedoms1 August 2019Publication
Discussion paper: Priorities for federal discrimination law reform
This paper sets out the Commission’s preliminary views on the priorities for federal discrimination law reform. It identifies the need for reform, the principles that should guide it, and the 11 major priority areas for reform to ensure effective protection against discrimination at the federal level. -
Age Discrimination10 July 2019Publication
Multigenerational workforces
While older workers bring skills and knowledge to the workplace, age discrimination still presents a significant barrier to meaningful participation in the workforce. In 2016–17, 58% of age discrimination complaints received by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) were related to work. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice5 February 2024News story
Tribute to Lowitja O'Donoghue
Reflecting on Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue's legacy, Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO said: "In my life, as is true for countless others, Lowitja O’Donoghue has been a towering figure of social justice, committed to guaranteeing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights are recognised and responded to by Australia. She will be remembered always as a remarkable woman who lived across… -
Rights and Freedoms22 March 2024Media Release
Waleed Aly joins line-up for landmark human rights forum
Presenter, journalist and academic Waleed Aly is among a raft of talent who have just been announced as speakers and panellists for the Free + Equal Human Rights Conference during this year’s Vivid Sydney festival. Mr Aly will join the line-up for the Rights On Time show on the evening of Thursday 6 June in the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom where he’ll panel through time with ‘sleek geek’… -
Legal21 January 2019Publication
AM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) 2018
[2018] AusHRC 124 Report into Arbitrary Detention -
Legal21 January 2019Publication
CW v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) 2018
[2018] AusHRC 126 -
Legal18 January 2019Publication
AG v Commonwealth (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) 2018
[2018] AusHRC 123 Report into discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record