Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a national act or charter of rights that explains what people’s basic rights are and how they can be protected. Australia has ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission today launched a 12-month program to mark the organisation’s 40 th anniversary as Australia’s national human rights institution. The Commission was established ...

Dr Tim Soutphommasane was the Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2013 to 2018. Prior to joining the Australian Human Rights Commission, Tim was a political philosopher and held posts at The ...

Learn how the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act has meant there is no longer a legal requirement for an annual Social Justice and Native Title Report. Changes brought about by the Human Rights ...

Us Taken-Away Kids Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bringing them home report Download PDF Contents Commissioner's Foreword Track the History Mother Journeys ...

The report is an outcome of the recent Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Women's Safety Policy Forum which was held virtually in September and which brought together over 150 participants from all ...

The International Student Principles (‘The Principles’) were developed to address the human rights concerns of international students living in Australia. The development of the Principles began in ...

The Actuaries Institute and the Australian Human Rights Commission have partnered to produce this Guidance Resource on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Discrimination in Insurance Pricing and ...

The Department of Education has funded the Commission to conduct a study of 14-18-year-old's experiences of, and attitudes towards, consent, respectful relationships and sex education. The study also ...

Learn about immigration detention following visa cancellation under section 501.

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The Literature Award is awarded for a non-fiction work published in Australia. Examples could include books focussed on social history, social commentary, biography or human rights.