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.

Katie Kiss commenced as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on 3 April 2024. Commissioner Kiss is a proud Kaanju and Birri/Widi woman who grew up in Rockhampton, Central ...

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

The Australian Human Rights Commission is examining the human rights impacts of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a chance for you to tell your story about what happened to you.

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 ...

Our Homeless Children, the report of HREOC’s first national inquiry, shocked the country with its estimate that up to 25,000 young Australians were homeless, including around 9,000 aged between 12 and ...

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.

Previous Office Holders: President: Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM: 2017 - 2024 Professor Gillian Triggs: 2012 - 2017 The Hon. Catherine Branson QC: 2008 - 2012 Hon. John von Doussa AO: ...

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 ...