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10 February 2021Conciliation register
2020-02-07
The complainant is from China and claimed that when she contacted the respondent law enforcement agency to report an incident of domestic violence, she was not provided with a Mandarin language interpreter, despite requesting one. She alleged her claim was not adequately investigated and she was not assisted to find safe accommodation because she was unable to effectively communicate with -
Children's Rights6 April 2022Publication
Keeping kids safe and well: your voices
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. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice4 August 2023Webpage
Indigenous Rights & the Voice
The Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum proposes a mechanism that addresses Indigenous peoples’ right to participation in decision making, and the right to consultation with government. The Voice could also promote the realisation of other human rights for Indigenous peoples, including to ensure the full realisation of rights to health, education, housing and the protection of Indigenous… -
Disability Rights3 November 2022Publication
Guidelines for the targeted recruitment of people with disability
The Guidelines provide information about designing and implementing targeted recruitment strategies for people with disability. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice3 February 2023Media Release
First Nations Commissioner calls for community-led solutions to Alice Springs unrest
Commissioner June Oscar AO has given her support to the reported recommendations of the Federal Government’s Northern Territory Regional Controller Dorelle Anderson to introduce temporary alcohol restrictions across communities in Central Australia following a recent increase in crime and violence in the region. -
Sex Discrimination17 May 2013Publication
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 strategies and mechanisms across four areas of: attraction, recruitment, retention and development… -
Children's Rights5 December 2016Project
Child-friendly versions of the Children's Rights Reports
What are the Children's Rights Reports? The National Children's Commissioner has to submit a report every year on the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by children and young people in Australia. This page contains an overview of all of the child friendly versions of the Children's Rights Reports, made for children and young people. Children's Rights Report 2019 The Children’s Rights… -
Commission – General16 May 2014Webpage
Employees
All employees have the right to work free from sexual harassment. To help you figure out where the line is and give you some ideas about how to take bystander action if you see or hear about sexual harassment, we have developed a range of information resources as part of our Know Where the Line Is strategy. For an audio described version of the video click here. Click here to download… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
ARE WE CROSSING THE LINE?: FORUM ON NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
This paper deals with two aspects of the bill: the preventative detention orders and the new sedition offence. It does not touch on the problematic control orders. -
Education8 April 2022Webpage
What are Children's Rights?
Discover children’s rights and how they are protected internationally and in Australia. Explore resources and education initiatives at the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Disability Rights6 April 2022Webpage
Register of Disability Discrimination Act Action Plans
About this register | Business | Commonwealth government | State and Territory government | Local government | Education | Non-government organisations About this register These plans have been given to the Australian Human Rights Commission pursuant to section 67 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Action plans which have been provided in electronic format are available by following… -
Rights and Freedoms6 December 2023Publication
Revitalising Australia’s commitment to human rights
This is the final report of the Commission's major, five year Inquiry into Australia's human rights framework. It recommends a National Human Rights Act for Australia and a framework to support it. Download the report, the Executive Summary, and a two-page explainer. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to National Human Rights Consultation (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the National Human Rights Consultation (the Consultation). -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
Work continues on the development of comprehensive recommendations for the implementation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Over the past three months we have been considering all the issues, some of them quite complex, relating to an orderly transition to WCAG 2.0, and receiving a range of views from government, industry, and the web development community (including web… -
Disability Rights6 March 2024Speech
Good Access is Good Business
City of Sydney Business Breakfast Keynote Address City of Sydney Council Keynote Address for President and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosalind Croucher Time: Session commences at 7:45am. Session concludes at 10am. Speakers to arrive at 7:30am. Location: Town Hall, Sydney Speaking time: 8:30am – 8:50am for twenty minutes Topic: The business case for access and inclusion… -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 1999-2000: Appendix 2
Back to 1999 - 2000 Annual Report Contents Annual Report 1999 - 2000 Appendix 2 Commission publications released during 1999-2000 Human Rights Rural & Remote School Education Report - January 2000 Emerging Themes - The National Inquiry into Rural & Remote Education Report 1 - March 2000 Recommendations the report of the National Inquiry into Rural & Remote Education - June 2000 … -
Children's Rights5 April 2022News story
New report shares voices of children and families
A new report released today by the Australian Human Rights Commission highlights how important it is for governments to listen to children and families when making decisions about services and government policies that affect them. The Keeping kids safe and well – your voices report, led by National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds, follows a request from the Australian Government… -
Age Discrimination2 April 2015Project
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability
You can explore a document regarding the National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination against Older Australians and Australians with Disability. -
14 December 2012Book page
Towards Accessible Telecommunications for People with Disabilities
Abstract; acknowledgements; about the author Foreword Executive summary and recommendations Discussion in brief Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Network development and technology Part 3: Legislative and regulatory environment Part 4: Access by people with disabilities Part 5: Overseas trends and activities References Glossary of Acronyms and words List of organisations, projects and their websites -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes ver 4.1 (2014)
Access for people with a disability to the web can in almost all cases be readily achieved if best-practice solutions are implemented. A complaint of disability discrimination is much less likely to succeed if reasonable steps have been taken to address accessibility during the design stage.
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