Publications

Commission – General

Annual Report 2012-2013

The role of the Australian Human Rights Commission is to see that human rights and fundamental freedoms are understood and respected in law, policy and practice. The Commission is independent from government, with a legislative mandate, and recognised internationally as an ‘A Status’ National Human...

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Casenote: FKAG v Australia and MMM v Australia

The UN Human Rights Committee has found that the indefinite detention of 46 refugees with adverse security assessments was arbitrary and amounted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Commission – General

Our Agenda: A Guide to the Commission and its Activities for 2013-2014

This document provides an overview of the Comission's major activities for 2013-2014.

Technology and Human Rights

Background Paper: Human Rights in Cyberspace

Learn more about how human rights are being actively engaged in digital environments and technologies.

Sex Discrimination

Audit Report: Review into the Treatment of Women at ADFA

On 3 November 2011 the Report on the Review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy was tabled in the Australian Parliament. It contained 31 recommendations. This Audit has provided an important and unique opportunity to examine the extent to which these recommendations...

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Tell Me About: The ‘Enhanced Screening Process’

Learn about the 'enhanced screening process' and how it's applied to unauthorised maritime arrivals to see if their claims will inhibit their removal.

Commission – General

AHRC Agency Multicultural Plan 2013-15

Multicultural access and equity policy: Respecting diversity. Improving responsiveness.

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Background paper: Human rights issues raised by visa refusal or cancellation under section 501 of the Migration Act

This background paper sets out some basic information about the process of visa refusal and cancellation under section 501, and discusses these human rights concerns about the process and its consequences.

Sex Discrimination

Women in male-dominated industries: A toolkit of strategies (2013)

This toolkit is designed to assist leaders in organisations to develop and implement constructive and sustainable strategies to increase the representation of women in non-traditional roles in male-dominated industries. It provides practical suggestions and examples of different kinds of workplace...

Legal

Casenote: Haraksin v Murrays Australia Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCA 217

Court finds Murrays discriminated by failing to provide an accessible coach service

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Human Rights standards for immigration detention

This publication, Human rights standards for immigration detention, sets out benchmarks for the humane treatment of people held in immigration detention