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Technology and Human Rights7 August 2024Submission
Social Media and Australian Society
Learn more about how social media platforms may pose risks to human rights in Australia. -
Employers15 March 2024Speech
Leadership Recipes
Defence Estate and Infrastructure Group Annual Leadership Conference Canberra Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human RIghts Commission Acknowledgement I first wish to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people who are the traditional custodians of this land, and to pay my respects to Ngunnawal Elders past, present and emerging. I also acknowledge any Indigenous guests… -
Technology and Human Rights7 August 2024Submission
Criminalising deepfake sexual material
Learn more about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code which criminalises the creation and transmission of sexual deepfakes. -
Commission – General22 March 2024Speech
Women’s Club – Foundation Day Club Lunch
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Introduction Thank you Danielle Asciak, for inviting me here today. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and also to acknowledge any Indigenous guests attending today. I am sorry that as a nation we did not… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees15 June 2021Publication
Management of COVID-19 risks in immigration detention (2021)
Learn how COVID-19 is a threat to people held in immigration detention, as the virus can spread quickly in enclosed, confined spaces such as detention -
Legal5 February 2019Submission
ParentsNext, including its trial and subsequent broader rollout (2019)
ParentsNext is a compulsory ‘pre-employment’ program applied to targeted recipients of the Parenting Payment. It can result in the suspension, reduction or permanent cancellation of a person’s Parenting Payment for non-compliance. -
Sex Discrimination29 April 2024Webpage
Guidance materials
The Commission created these guidance materials for organisations and businesses to understand their responsibilities and comply with the positive duty. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice16 March 2022Publication
Close the Gap (2022)
This year’s report, Transforming Power – Voices for Generational Change, is a small collection of the hundreds of stories that catalogue the success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led initiatives. -
14 April 2022Conciliation register
2021-04-09
The complainant has arthritis and is unable to stand for extended periods. He alleged the respondent bowling club declined his request to have a small folding chair on the green while playing the position of ‘skipper’ in order to help him manage the pain associated with his disability. The bowling club said it declined the request because a chair on the green would present a risk to the… -
14 April 2022Conciliation register
2020-10-10
The complainant’s daughter has chromosomal duplication (which affects her ability to handwrite), dyspraxia, inattentive attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, poor auditory memory and week short term memory. The complainant said her daughter’s school applied to the respondent education standards authority for adjustments to accommodate her disability during end of year 12 exams. The … -
Rights and Freedoms15 March 2024Speech
Free + Equal: Australian Conversation on Human Rights Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission Check against delivery Your Excellency, Dr Michele Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Australian Human Rights Commission Commissioners—Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan, Sex Discrimination… -
Commission – General8 March 2023News story
Forum aims to strengthen human rights in the Pacific
The Commission joined an important conversation about establishing and strengthening National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) across the Pacific region. -
Legal15 July 2024Submission
Review of Secrecy Offences in Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code 1995
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) in relation to its Review of Secrecy Offences in Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code 1995. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice17 March 2021Publication
Close the Gap (2021)
Leadership and legacy through crises: keeping our mob safe Prepared by the Lowitja Institute for the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee Foreword On behalf of the Close the Gap Campaign’s 54 members, we invite you to engage with our 12th annual report titled, Leadership and Legacy Through Crises: Keeping our Mob safe. This year’s report was produced by the Lowitja Institute, Australia… -
Rights and Freedoms10 July 2024Submission
Civics in Australia
Learn more about the importance of civics education, engagement and participation in Australia - and what it means for human rights. -
27 September 2019Conciliation register
2018-06-07
The complainant has limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and alleged she was unable to undergo a sleep study by the respondent medical specialist at the respondent hospital because her carer was unable to remain with her for the duration of the sleep study. The hospital advised that sleep studies are conducted in small rooms in an old building that are not suitable to accommodate a carer. The… -
27 September 2019Conciliation register
2018-08-04
The complainant has an assistance dog to help her manage a psychosocial disability. She alleged the respondent private hospital declined her application to participate in a pain management program because she would be accompanied by her assistance dog. The hospital said it regularly allows patients with assistance animals to participate in programs run by the hospital. The hospital claimed… -
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… -
Technology and Human Rights10 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. -
Commission – General30 October 2020Webpage
National Children's Commissioner, Anne Hollonds
Anne Hollonds National Children's Commissioner: 2020 - The National Children’s Commissioner monitors policy and legislation to ensure that the human rights of children are protected and promoted, and provides advice to government. Anne says the most important part of her job is listening to Australia’s children and young people about their needs and experiences so she can inform the decision…
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