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Commission – General31 August 2024Publication
Corporate Plan 2024-2025
This plan identifies the strategic and operating framework in which the Commission operates, and the actions we will take to achieve our purpose. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees2 December 2020Publication
Inspections of Australia's immigration detention facilities 2019 Report
Human Rights Commissioner’s foreword For several decades, the Australian Human Rights Commission has expressed deep and longstanding concern about the human rights of people held in Australia’s immigration detention facilities. As a result of our most recent inspection process, that concern has deepened. Some of the issues of greatest concern to the Commission are as follows. A number of… -
Disability Rights29 November 2021News story
Four questions with IDPWD Australian Ambassador, Dr Dinesh Palipana
Our IncludeAbility Ambassador, Dinesh Palipana, has been named a 2021 International Day for People with Disability (IDPwD) Australian Ambassador. Dinesh is a doctor in the Emergency Department of the Gold Coast University Hospital, a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Griffith University, doctor for the Gold Coast Titans Disability Rugby League Team, and a Senior Advisor to the Disability… -
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. -
Disability Rights20 August 2020Publication
The rights of people in health and disability care during COVID-19
These Guidelines are designed to ensure that human rights considerations inform the decisions made by health care and disability workers when supporting people with disability. -
Commission – General5 August 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)
August ebulletin
We have heard the words human rights quite a lot in recent weeks, in varied and sometimes inaccurate settings. Measures to protect our health and safety must be balanced with our rights and freedoms, but if there was ever a time to articulate where that line is, it would be now. Which is why last week, I took the step of writing a piece for a mainstream publication. While the pandemic… -
8 December 2020Book page
Part 1: Our women and girls' voices
Discover a national conversation on how to promote the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls and their communities. -
Education13 May 2020Video
Human rights education message for parents and teachers
Teaching or learning about human rights? Maybe mathematics, geography or history? Some lessons to help you in - and out - of the classroom: https://humanrights.gov.au/education/teachers A unique suite of educational resources for your classroom - be that at home or at school. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees17 June 2019Publication
Risk management in immigration detention (2019)
This report examines the human rights implications of current risk management practices in immigration detention. It is based on information gathered during inspections of four immigration detention facilities conducted in the second half of 2018. -
Technology and Human Rights5 May 2023Submission
Human Rights in the Digital Age
Learn more about your right to privacy, the regulation of artificial intelligence, misleading content and human rights in the digital age. -
Commission – General4 May 2022Webpage
Chief Executive - Leanne Smith
Learn about Leanne Smith, who was appointed Chief Executive of the Commission in 2021 after being the Executive Director of the Whitlam Institute. -
Disability Rights22 November 2019Speech
Speech to National Labor Disability Summit
Dr Ben Gauntlett National Labor Disability Summit Melbourne November 1, 2019 Good disability policy benefits all Australians. When we think of disability policy, it is not “us” and “them”, it is "we", we the people of Australia need good disability policy because it reflects our values of diversity and inclusion. It reflects our human rights obligations and there are critical economic… -
Disability Rights20 September 2022Speech
Disability Discrimination Commissioner's Speech at the 2022 Jobs and Skills Summit
The participation rate for people with disability is and has remained at 53% for 28 years. The participation rate for people without disability is 83%. -
Sex Discrimination20 May 2021News story
Commonwealth Parliamentary Review open for submissions and interviews
The Australian Human Rights Commission will today commence inviting contributions for its Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces. The Commission is undertaking the Review of the workplace culture of Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces, established by the Federal Government with the support of the Opposition and crossbench, and will deliver its findings in November… -
Age Discrimination9 September 2021Speech
Safety and Security for Older Women
National Summit on Women’s Safety Safety and Security for Older Women Dr Kay Patterson Age Discrimination Commissioner Via Video Conference Tuesday 7 September 2021 Introduction I would like to thank Senator the Hon Marise Payne and Senator the Hon Anne Ruston for inviting me to speak at this National Summit. I acknowledge the Kulin Nation peoples as the traditional owners of the land from… -
Sex Discrimination17 January 2019Project
National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
On 5 March 2020, 'Respect@Work, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report of the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces' was released by Kate Jenkins, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice12 February 2021Media Release
CLOSE THE GAP: We’re waiting but we will not be left wanting
The Close the Gap Campaign looks forward to seeing a comprehensive report on the refreshed targets for Closing the Gap by July. The campaign notes today’s announcement that the release of the Closing the Gap data has been pushed back to July in order to allow a full reporting year since the signing of the new National Agreement with the Coalition of Peaks on Closing the Gap. The Close the… -
Disability Rights5 September 2024Webpage
Join the IncludeAbility Ambassador or Expert Advisory Group
The IncludeAbility team are looking for people to join our Ambassador and Expert Advisory Group -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice26 June 2020News story
Commission evidence to FASD Inquiry
The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for the Australian Government to adopt community led responses informed by targeted investment in research, education, training, diagnosis and treatment to combat Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The Commission yesterday gave evidence before the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's Inquiry into the effective approaches to -
Sex Discrimination23 March 2022News story
Media statement: Release of 2021 National Student Safety Survey Report
A statement from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins: Sexual harassment and sexual assault remain far too prevalent in the Australian community. Women, young people and intersectional groups face unacceptably higher risk of this conduct at home, at work, online and in education, including in universities. The Australian university sector took a leadership position when it came…
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