National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has called for national leadership on systems reforms required to keep ...

02/07/2025 As the First Peoples of Australia, the sovereignty over which was never ceded, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have inherent rights, including the right to self-determination.

The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a landmark report revealing the systemic barriers faced by people who ...

Back to rights and freedoms: right by right ICESCR Article 15 | Cultural rights and indigenous people | Cultural rights and people with disability | International scrutiny | More information | ...

Back to rights and freedoms: right by right Introduction | ICESCR provisions | Other instruments | Commission work | More information | Comments Introduction Rights in this area in Australia are ...

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has the power (under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)) to refuse a person’s application for a visa, or cancel a person’s visa, if that person ...

1. Introduction The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) aims to improve how people’s human rights are protected ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in November 1989. The Convention came into force on 2 September 1990. Read the Convention.

What to do if you’re refused access or service and want to make a complaint under the DDA If you are refused access or service and want to make a discrimination complaint against a shop owner or ...

Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman gave the keynote for the Whitlam Institute's special event marking 50 years of the Racial ...

Learn about the national anti-racism framework.Image design copyright Bree Buttenshaw for Saltwater People (2024). Developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission with dedicated funding from the ...

Racism directed towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is likely to continue increasing in the lead up to the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. We've collated a document ...