Publications

Legal

Bakhtiari v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP)

Learn about the legal case of Bakhtiari v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) regarding immigration detention.

Business and Human Rights

Human rights in supply chains: Promoting positive practice (2015)

In a landmark collaboration, the Australian Human Rights Commission partnered with two leaders in the business and human rights field to produce this report: the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and the Global Compact Network Australia.

Children's Rights

Children's Rights Report 2015

This report outlines work the National Children's Commissioner has undertaken throughout 2014-15

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Native Title Reports

Under the Native Title Act 1993, the Social Justice Commissioner is required to prepare a Native Title Report each year for federal Parliament. Through these reports the Commissioner gives a human rights perspective on native title issues and advocates for practical co-existence between Indigenous...

Race Discrimination

Freedom from Discrimination: Report on the 40th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act

This report documents the activities conducted to mark the 40th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). It is primarily based on a series of public consultations led by the Race Discrimination Commissioner, though it also draws upon some of the research presented at a conference...

Age Discrimination

Older Australians at Work Summit

A key task of the Older Australians at Work Summit was to investigate what is stopping older people from continuing to contribute within the workplace, and how to get rid of those barriers. The summit provided an opportunity for academics, HR experts, business executives and consultants to come...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Targeted recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

This guideline will help employers to use the ‘special measure’ provisions in the federal Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and state and territory discrimination laws, to target Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for recruitment.

Disability Rights

Willing to Work - Booklet 2: employment and older Australians

Explore what older Australians and those with a disability can do when they encounter employment discrimination.

Disability Rights

Willing to Work - Booklet 3: employment and Australians with disability

Disability Rights

Willing to Work - Booklet 4: what you can do about employment discrimination

Disability Rights

Willing to Work - Booklet 1: about the National Inquiry

Explore a series of booklets that are part of a National Inquiry in to employment discrimination against older Australians and Australians with disability.

Commission – General

Corporate Plan 2015-2016

This Corporate Plan sets out the strategic direction and priorities of the Commission four the next four years. It creates an explicit connection between the public reporting of our corporate goals, our operational environment, key activities for the coming year and annual performance reporting.

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Use of force in immigration detention facilities

The Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 (the Bill) would give increased power to ‘authorised officers’ to use force against people (including asylum seekers) in immigration detention facilities. It appears that the majority (if not all) of...