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 ...

Learn more about how ethical AI can be used in schools and education to promote learning and strengthen human rights. The Australian Human Rights Commission is pleased to announce its submission to ...

Australia's new Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, said a united approach to anti-racism was essential if our society is to better address and ultimately dismantle systemic racial ...

The National Children’s Commissioner and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Commissioner have urged the Northern Territory Government to reverse its plan next week to introduce a new law ...

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 ...

Australia lacks a Bill of Rights, but there are safeguards through the Constitution and legislation. Understand the role of the Commission. Unlike most similar liberal democracies, Australia does not ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...