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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
7 June 2024SpeechAIATSIS Summit: Plenary Panel Discussion
Address by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss to AIATSIS Summit 2024. -
1 July 2024Webpage
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
27 May 2024Media Release
Social Justice Commissioner: now more than ever, Australia must reconcile with its First Nations people
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Katie Kiss, has marked the start of Reconciliation Week by calling on Australians to finally overcome generations of disadvantage and division when it comes to First Nations rights, and forge a path for unity. The Commissioner warned that systemic failures facing Indigenous communities in all sectors of society including… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
24 July 2024Webpage
Informing the Agenda Project - About the Project (Participant Information Sheet)
Project Overview / Privacy Collection Statement The Australian Human Rights Commission invites you to contribute to the Informing the Agenda Project. 1. What is the Project about? The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner is inviting surveys and submissions as well as engaging in face-to-face and two online engagements to contribute to the Informing the Agenda Project ( Project)… -
Legal
24 April 2024SubmissionReview of the citizenship repudiation provisions of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in relation to its Review of the citizenship repudiation provisions of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth). -
Age Discrimination
3 July 2024SpeechKeynote Address to the Law Council of Australia
Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner Friday, 31 May 2024 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction I would like to thank the Law Council of Australia for this invitation to speak at your National Elder Law and Succession Law Committee meeting, and to your committee chair, Darryl Browne, for introducing me. I wish to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the… -
Age Discrimination
5 June 2024Speech
Participation in Public Life and Decision-Making Processes
Address by Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald: Intervention of the Australian Human Rights Commission to 14th session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing. Delivered on 23 May 2024. -
Race Discrimination
2 July 2024SpeechThe role of NHRIs in promoting equality and non-discrimination
The role of NHRIs in promoting equality and non-discrimination, with a focus on Africans and people of African descent Regional Meeting for Asia and the Pacific region on the International Decade for People of African Descent President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Introduction and context I would like to thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, for his opening -
Race Discrimination
7 August 2024Webpage
National Anti-Racism Framework
The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a plan to develop a National Anti-Racism Framework. The Commission is working with all levels of Government, peak bodies, human rights agencies and community organisations to progress the Framework. -
Rights and Freedoms
2 May 2024VideoRights On Time Video
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Rights and Freedoms
20 May 2024Media Release
All-star Vivid show pits leading thinkers against a dystopian future to give festivalgoers the time of their rights
Waleed Aly, Michael Kirby, Jennifer Robinson, Adam Spencer and Nazeem Hussain are part of a unique and compelling show during the upcoming Vivid Sydney festival which will explore how an Australian Human Rights Act could help stop rights going wrong in the future. Part of the Vivid Ideas program, Rights On Time puts a fresh spin on the panel format by locating Nazeem Hussain in a… -
Rights and Freedoms
2 May 2024Video
Free + Equal Human Rights Conference
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Legal
15 April 2024Publication
Mr OA, Miss OB and Mstr OC v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs)
Mr OA, Miss OB and Master OC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 161 Report into arbitrary detention and arbitrary interference with family Australian Human Rights Commission 2024 -
Legal
15 April 2024Publication
Mr DL and Mr DM v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)
Mr DL and Mr DM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 160 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2024 -
Age Discrimination
9 May 2024Media Release
Age Discrimination Commissioner calls for a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons
Australia’s Age Discrimination Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald AM, has called on the Federal Government to formally endorse the creation of a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons, in what he said remains a missing piece in the international human rights framework. Currently, there is no binding international instrument dedicated to the rights of older persons, like there is for race,… -
Legal
15 April 2024Submission
Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in relation to its inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth). -
Disability Rights
6 May 2024WebpageBuilding a culture of accessibility and inclusion
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
19 April 2024Publication
Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Inspection Report
In 2023, the Commission monitored the human rights of people detained at the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. The Commission’s inspection report provides 33 recommendations, noting key observations and concerns. -
Commission – General
3 July 2024SpeechNational Press Club Address - President Rosalind Croucher - 3 July
Free + Equal: safeguarding the rights of all Australians Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon) FRSN I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting today, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and to any First Nations People attending in person or watching today’s broadcast. Commissioner… -
Rights and Freedoms
22 May 2024Event
Free + Equal Human Rights Conference 2024
Join leaders, experts and advocates from across Australia for a historic national forum that will pave the way for a much-needed overhaul of Australia’s human rights framework, including the introduction of an Australian Human Rights Act. The conference includes 12 engaging sessions and events over two days featuring a diverse line-up of more than 50 eminent experts, thought leaders, social …