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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
27 November 2024News storyExplainer: Commission does not support the Migration Amendment Bill
The Australian Government has introduced new migration laws into Parliament to expand search and seizure powers in immigration detention centres. The Commission does not support the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2024 -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
25 November 2024News story
Submission on the Migration Amendment Bill 2024
The Australian Human Rights Commission has made a submission to the Parliamentary Committee that is considering the Migration Amendment Bill 2024. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
25 November 2024Submission
Migration Amendment Bill 2024
Learn more about the Migration Amendment Bill 2024 and how it impacts human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights
30 October 2024SubmissionPrivacy and Doxxing Reform Bill
Learn more about how reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) will better protect human rights in Australia -
Technology and Human Rights
30 October 2024Submission
Guardrails for High-risk AI
Learn more about the need for an Australian Artificial Intelligence Act to better protect human rights -
Technology and Human Rights
30 October 2024Submission
Doxxing and Privacy Reform
Learn more about how doxxing may impact the human rights of people subject to the release of personal information -
Technology and Human Rights
10 October 2024Submission
Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill 2024
Learn more about the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 and how it impacts human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights
7 August 2024Submission
Criminalising deepfake sexual material
Learn more about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code which criminalises the creation and transmission of sexual deepfakes. -
Technology and Human Rights
7 August 2024Submission
Social Media and Australian Society
Learn more about how social media platforms may pose risks to human rights in Australia. -
Technology and Human Rights
10 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. -
Technology and Human Rights
27 May 2024Submission
Adopting AI in Australia
Learn more about how Australia can adopt artificial intelligence safely and with respect for human rights. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
19 April 2024News story
Inspection report: “serious concerns” at Yongah Hill Detention Centre
An inspection report by the Australian Human Rights Commission has found that a high-security immigration detention centre in Western Australia was, in part, “no longer fit for purpose”, and raised serious concerns over safety conditions and the level of care for detainees and staff. The Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre Inspection Report followed a two-day inspection of the adult… -
Technology and Human Rights
28 February 2024Opinion piece
Let’s not elevate brain tech over our humanity
Learn more about how Neuralink's successful implantation could raise human rights issues about neurotechnology. -
Technology and Human Rights
23 February 2024Submission
Australia and Lethal Autonomous Weaponry
Learn more about Australia's approach to lethal autonomous weapons systems and what this means for human rights. -
Technology and Human Rights
21 February 2024Submission
Human Rights Responses to Cybercrime
Learn more about how cybercrime can lead to human rights violations and how Australia can take a human-rights-centred approach. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Submission
Human Rights Impacts of Autonomous Weaponry
Learn about how lethal autonomous weapons systems violate international human rights and humanitarian law and why they must be regulated. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Speech
Human Rights in AI-powered Immersive Worlds
Read Commissioner Finlay's speech at Metaverse Safety Week 2023 about the importance of human rights and technology. -
Technology and Human Rights
19 December 2023Submission
Military Technologies and Human Rights
Learn more about how lethal autonomous weapons systems and other military technologies threaten human rights.
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