A new national report released today by the Australian Human Rights Commission highlights the power of positive relationships, and the critical importance of listening to children, when designing the ...

advertising jobs recruitment and selection processes decisions about training transfer and promotion opportunities terms, conditions and termination of employment. Examples could include: insisting ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission's submission to the NSW Select Committee on Youth Justice highlights the need to move away from punitive responses to children’s offending and towards ...

The report finds trans and gender‑diverse people face consistent discrimination across education, healthcare, workplaces, housing and the justice system, with serious impacts on safety and ...

Explore the case for a National Human Rights Act in Australia, examining key arguments, international comparisons, and pathways to implementation. Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world ...

The Commission is calling for urgent action to address rising Islamophobia in Australia. Recent incidents and public commentary have contributed to a rise in threats against Muslim people. The ...

Learn about the international treaty designed to prevent torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention. Pathways to Protection: A human rights-based response ...

Federal Discrimination Law is produced by the Commission's Legal Section and examines the significant issues that have arisen in federal unlawful discrimination cases. It provides a comprehensive ...

Human Rights As We Age Network released a joint statement endorsed by over 20 organisations and individual advocates. Statement calls for the introduction of a national Human Rights Act (HRA) as a key ...

national Human Rights Act, so that every person, at every age, can live with dignity, respect, and justice. This statement was developed with the input, insight and guidance of older people and their ...

The Commission welcomes the Senate Inquiry into racism against First Peoples, stressing it must drive action, not repeat past diagnoses. Decades of inquiries -including the 1991 Racist Violence ...

A series of four animated stories has been created by GARUWA, in collaboration with the Race Discrimination team at the Australian Human Rights Commission. GARUWA is a First Nations owned and led ...