The Commissioners responsible for children’s rights and gender equality have today called for concerted national action to prevent violence against children and young people. After a number of ...

Rights are the things children and young people need to grow up happy, healthy, and safe, like going to school, having a safe place to live, and speaking up about things that are important to them.

The right to work is a fundamental human right. Yet for many older people in Australia, they do not have the same opportunities to access work as younger people. The Age Discrimination Commissioner is ...

The Commission has the power to enforce compliance by organisations and businesses with the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act. The Commission has produced a Statement of Intent [PDF, 179 KB] ...

These fact sheets will assist businesses and organisations to understand and take action to satisfy the positive duty in the Sex Discrimination Act. Download Fact sheet: What is the positive duty?

Welcome to the Australian Human Rights Commission's An introduction to human rights eLearning course. This short course is designed to provide a basic introduction to human rights. We encourage you to ...

how to identify sexual harassment, how to get the right help for you or someone else the different ways you can respond to workplace sexual harassment if it happens to you or someone you know. This ...

Children in Australia are protected in several ways through international agreements, especially the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. These protections include: ...

Older Australians provide enormous contributions to Australia's society, culture, communities, workplaces and economy. Yet for some older Australians the story is very different, with many ...

The Australian Government's response to the United Nations' Human Rights Council's fourth Universal Periodic Review has been criticised by the Commission as lacking ambition, with no new commitments ...

The report highlights the work Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations are leading and implementing across the country. It asserts that without comprehensive rights-affirming ...

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 ...