Models which account for the circumstances under which different bystander responses occur have been evolving since the 1970s, especially in the fields of criminology and social psychology. The notion ...

Learn about the international treaty designed to prevent torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention. how OPCAT works to prevent mistreatment in places of ...

Violence against women continues to be one of the most prevalent human rights abuses in Australia, and around the world. One in three women in Australia will experience violence in her lifetime and ...

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The Australian Human Rights Commission’s IncludeAbility project, which strives for equality in employment for people with disability, is starting its next phase. To begin this phase, the project team ...

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 ...

This report enhances the Commission’s understanding of how Australia's national, state, territory and local governments engage in anti-racism work. It describes the nature and scope of their policies ...

What is the Social Media Ban? Age restricted social-media platforms are required by law to take steps to prevent people under 16 years old from having an account on an age-restricted social media ...

The data breach concerns attachments uploaded to webforms on the Commission's website. Around 670 documents were made potentially accessible in error. Of these ...

In a joint op-ed, National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay contend that the proposed ban on social media access for Australians under 16 merely ...

This report looks at how ageism affects older Australians when they access healthcare. Many patients told us they feel dismissed, spoken over, or treated as 'just a number'. These attitudes can lead ...