The voices and needs of children in foster care and other forms out-of-home care should be prioritised, according to a new ...

A diverse group of human rights advocates has been named as finalists in the 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards, ranging ...

Employers can be held legally responsible for acts of discrimination or harassment that occur in the workplace or in connection with a person’s employment. This is known as vicarious liability. In ...

connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future.

Commissioned by the Australian Human Rights Commission, this scoping review investigates how racism affects health outcomes and access to healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ...

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 ...

Australia has strong sense of human rights and freedoms, but people's basic human rights are not very well protected in Australian law. Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does ...

We would like to start by acknowledging the 55 members who form the Close the Gap Steering Committee and the Lowitja Institute for producing the 2022 Close the Gap Campaign Report. This year’s report, ...

Racism is an ongoing problem in Australia. It directly affects significant numbers of Australians. In annual surveys, about one in five Australians report having experienced racial discrimination ...

Image design copyright Bree Buttenshaw for Saltwater People (2024). This report enhances the Commission’s understanding of how Australia's national, state, territory and local governments engage in ...

The Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) tool, developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission with support from UNICEF, will help governments and service providers assess how children's rights ...