Finalists announced – 2018 Human Rights Law Award
The five finalists for the 2018 Human Rights Awards’ Law Award have been selected, with two from Western Australia competing for the prize.“We have received the highest number of entries for the Law Award since the Human Rights Awards began in 1987...
Monday 15 October 2018
More older women face homelessness
While property prices remain high and women face additional challenges to wealth accumulation, the number of older women at risk of homelessness will continue to rise, warns Age Discrimination Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson.“We have an ageing...
Wednesday 10 October 2018
Race Discrimination Commissioner appointed
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes Mr Chin Tan as the incoming Race Discrimination Commissioner.Mr Tan was most recently Director of Multicultural Engagement at Swinburne University in Melbourne.Prior to this Mr Tan was Chairperson and...
Friday 5 October 2018
Rights and tech project moves into new phase
So far, more than 100 experts and community leaders have told the Commission what the rise of new technologies, like artificial intelligence, mean for our human rights.The Human Rights & Technology Project is creating a reform framework to...
Thursday 4 October 2018
Inspiring Stories of Human Rights
Be part of the excitement and emotion at the 2018 Human Rights Awards as we celebrate some of the people doing extraordinary human rights work in Australia. Tickets are now on sale.Each year we recognise more than forty-five individuals and...
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Bridging age divides with art
What does life look like at 100? Who are Sydney’s oldest residents? And what can they tell us about life and aging?On International Day of Older Persons, Age Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Kay Patterson, is proud to launch the exhibition ‘100: a...
Monday 1 October 2018
Disability Discrimination Commissioner explores disability in NT
Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Alastair McEwin, is visiting the Northern Territory to explore the challenges faced by people with disability in remote and regional areas, in particular those experienced by people with disability...
Thursday 27 September 2018
‘Vulnerability and the Law’ - UNSW
27 September 2018University of New South Wales Law Journal Launch of Thematic Issue on ‘Vulnerability and the Law’ Vol 41(3) 2018youtu.be/lgHVAJEiID4* Check against deliveryAcknowledgmentsI pay my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation...
Thursday 27 September 2018
Alice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights 2018 - ‘Rights-mindedness’
‘Rights-mindedness’ — making human rights real in public service and community understanding 70 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsAlice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights 2018 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher...
Tuesday 25 September 2018
Consultations begin for the National Workplace Sexual Harassment Inquiry
On 12 September 2018, the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins released the 4th national workplace sexual harassment survey.The results of the survey will be used to inform the next stage of the National Inquiry into Workplace...
Tuesday 25 September 2018