Publications

Legal

CR and CS v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (2017)

[2017] AusHRC 116

Legal

MB v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (2017)

[2017] AusHRC 117

Legal

Nine Vietnamese men in immigration detention v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (2017)

[2017] AusHRC 118

Legal

Ms OR on behalf of Mr OS, Miss OP and Master OQ v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP) (2017)

[2017] AusHRC 119

2017

Children's Rights

ACCG Statement on Conditions and Treatment in Youth Justice Detention (2017)

The Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians (ACCG) is a coalition of independent commissioners, guardians and advocates for children and young people from around Australia

2017

Children's Rights

Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians Communiqué 15-16 November 2017

The ACCG aims to promote and protect the safety, wellbeing and rights of children and young people in Australia. The ACCG strives to ensure that the best interests of children and young people are considered in public policy and program development across Australia.

2017

Sex Discrimination

Unleashing the power of gender equality (2017)

Priorities of Kate Jenkins - Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner

2017

Rights and Freedoms

Statement of Support for an Australian Modern Slavery Act (2017)

Slavery is more prevalent today than at any time in human history. As leaders representing civil society, business, investors, academia and faith-based organisations, we support a unified approach in addressing modern slavery. We support the introduction of a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. This...

Commission – General

Annual Report 2016-2017

This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2016–17 financial year. This year has been challenging and rewarding for the Commission.

2017

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Inspection of Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Report (2017)

This report contains an overview of key observations and concerns arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention facility in March 2017.

2017

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Inspection of Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre

This report contains an overview of key observations and concerns arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre (MIDC) in March 2017.

2017

Race Discrimination

Fact Sheet: Racism. It Stops With Me Community Service Announcements 2017

FACT SHEET Racism. It Stops With Me Community Service Announcements 2017 On 5 October 2017, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched two Community Service Announcements (CSAs) and a social media campaign to raise awareness of everyday racism and bystander action. The Commission expects these...

2017

LGBTI

Religious exemptions under the SDA - Information Sheet (2017)

This information sheet gives an overview of the religious exemptions to unlawful discrimination in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA).

2017

Sex Discrimination

Change The Course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian Universities (2017)

At the request of Australia’s 39 universities, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a national, independent survey of university students to gain greater insight into the nature, prevalence and reporting of sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities.

2017

Sex Discrimination

Conversations on deployment

Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner visited the Middle East region with the ADF in May 2017. Since July 2014, the Commission has been working collaboratively to assist the ADF embed cultural reform across the three services: Navy, Army and Air Force.