National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has congratulated Attorney-General Michelle Rowland on decisive action and ...

Learn more about older Australians’ contributions to Australian society and the impacts of ageism and age discrimination through statistics.

The biggest survey ever to examine the prevalence, nature and impact of racism at Australian universities is set to provide key insights for addressing racism on university campuses and in online ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) made a submission to the Department of Social Services’ (DSS) consultation on NDIS Support Rules. The Disability Discrimination Commissioner ...

Back to contents From the bench: landmark human rights cases Why do I love HREOC? Well, I was there at the birth. I watched the Commission grow and accept new challenges every year. Australians used ...

The Child Safe Organisations project prepared a background paper on cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, to inform work on child safe organisations.

2012 Sri Lankan refugees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) Report of an inquiry into complaints by Sri Lankan refugees in immigration detention with adverse ...

Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner is calling on the Queensland Government to honour a commitment made by governments across Australia to the development of a National Roadmap for ...

Corporate Social Responsibility & Human Rights (2008) 1. What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is generally understood to mean that ...

Non-discrimination and equality rights are central features of the major human rights treaties. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within ...

The Commission has statutory responsibilities under the following federal anti-discrimination and human rights laws: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Sex ...

New report reveals almost one in 4 employers consider workers in their 50s ‘old’ and are reluctant to hire people over 50 and under 24 despite skills shortages.