Victorian residents are invited to attend a FREE seminar in Melbourne about advancing human rights. With so many issues currently impacting on the rights of people across Australia, an upcoming ...

A major new national report has laid bare the ongoing systemic injustices faced by First Peoples. It calls for urgent structural reform and a decisive shift from rhetoric to action. 'A Fair and Just ...

This keynote speech, delivered on Larrakia Country by Commissioner Katie Kiss at the 2025 AIATSIS Summit calls for urgent reform of the Native Title system and implementation of the UN Declaration on ...

Presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission, all Australians are invited to nominate individuals and organisations which are working hard to advance human rights in their communities. In 2026 ...

Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has warned that the first deportation to Nauru under Australia's new deportation deal exposes a disturbing lack of transparency and raises serious human rights ...

Ageism affects people across all stages of life but poses particularly significant risks to the health and wellbeing of older people. The Age Discrimination Commissioner is leading national efforts to ...

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 ...

You are in an archived section of the website. This information may not be current. This page was first created in December, 2012. Protecting the best interests of a child is one of the most important ...

We are currently experiencing a significant delay in actioning complaints. To help us to deal with your complaint in an effective and timely manner, we ask you keep your complaint to one document of ...

Mr Adut is a lawyer and advocate for the rights of refugees and other vulnerable citizens. Mr Adut came to Australia as 14-year-old refugee. He had been conscripted as a child soldier in South Sudan ...

Read the Commission's submission on proposed reforms to Australia's espionage, foreign interference, sabotage and trade secrets laws and human rights impacts. The Australian Human Rights Commission ...