Children and young people are experts in their own lives, and their insights are critical for understanding how we can better support their safety and wellbeing. This report conveys the views of ...

Explore the threats to trans and gender diverse human rights in Australia and contribute your insights. The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a national project mapping threats to trans ...

The Australian Government has announced the establishment of a Royal Commission following the antisemitic Bondi terror attack. This devastating event deeply affected ...

Over three months, Macdonald and Clark investigated the case of Ali Jasmin, an Indonesian child serving five years in a maximum security adult prison in WA for people smuggling – accepted as an adu ...

The Commission extends its condolences to the victims and loved ones of yesterday’s horrific antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. Violence motivated by hatred or extremism has no place in ...

We’re educating people and organisations about why human rights are vital to everyone, everywhere, everyday. We provide both e-learning courses and live workshops. We create our training packages from ...

William Tilmouth, an Arrernte man from Alice Springs/Mparntwe, has received Australia’s top human rights honour 5 human rights awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney Juliana Nkrumah AM ...

The Commission calls for the immediate implementation of the WA Coroner’s recommendations in the Cleveland Dodd inquest. Commissioners echo calls for the immediate closure of WA’s Unit 18 youth ...

Discover Australia’s commitment to human rights treaties, including key agreements and their integration into domestic law. Learn more with this fact sheet. Australia does not generally agree to be ...

In an opinion piece for The Canberra Times, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess calls for urgent reform to dismantle ableist systems and modernise the Disability Discrimination Act.

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 ...

Learn how the right to work is a fundamental human right, though one that many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy. Inquiry into Human rights of People with Mental ...