In December 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission delivered an interim report for its Respect at Uni project to update the Australian Government on the project's progress, highlighting ...

Human rights are standards that governments have agreed to meet so that everyone can live a safe, free and dignified life. Human rights belong equally to all of us, no matter who we are or where we ...

Through observation, interview and formal testing, we have confirmed that closed immigration detention in Wickham Point and Nauru is harmful to the health and mental health of young children and youth ...

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 ...

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 ...

You are in an archived section of the website. This information may not be current. This page was first created in December, 1997. The legal framework regulating sterilisation of children in Australia ...

This report concerns discrimination on the ground of age in employment and occupation. It deals with complaints against two state government employers about the use of age distinctions in the ...

On this page are resources for our suppliers about: On this page are resources for our suppliers about: the issue of modern slavery in global supply chains Australia's new Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth ...

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 ...

Having positive beliefs about ageing has been shown to be associated with better physical health, psychological wellbeing, increased longevity, and reduced dementia risk among older people. Ageism is ...

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 ...

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 ...