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17 April 2023SubmissionGeneral Comment 26 on children's rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change
Submission by the National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's Commissioner to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child consultation on General Comment 26 on children's rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change -
Rights and Freedoms
14 April 2023Media ReleaseCommission welcomes banning of spit hoods by AFP
A decision by the Australian Federal Police to end the use of spit hoods has been welcomed by the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ. Today the AFP announced the AFP and ACT police will no longer use spit hoods, and instead the AFP will provide ‘alternative equipment and implement procedures to better protect officers from spitting and biting.’ The decision follows a review initiated last… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 April 2023Submission
The Australian Federal Police’s review on its use of spit hoods
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Australian Federal Police's internal review of its use of spit hoods. -
Technology and Human Rights
13 April 2023SubmissionSafeguarding the Right to Privacy
Learn more about how the human right to privacy can be protected by reforming the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). -
Rights and Freedoms
12 April 2023Submission
Draft General Comment on Article 4 of Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT)
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (UN SPT) consultation on its Draft General Comment on Article 4 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) -
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
12 April 2023Submission
Family Law Amendment Bill 2023
Submission by the National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's Commissioner to the Attorney-General's Department on the exposure draft of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023. -
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
12 April 2023News story
Join the webinar: Reinventing schools
If we want children to flourish, we must ask ourselves if the school system is doing the right thing by them. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and learning aren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health, disengagement from learning, disruption among social connections and vastly reduced physical activity were some of the impacts on children… -
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
12 April 2023Event
Webinar: Reinventing schools to support learning & wellbeing for all
If we want children to flourish, we must ask ourselves if the school system is doing the right thing by them. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and learning aren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health, disengagement from learning, disruption among social connections and vastly reduced physical activity were some of the impacts on children… -
Technology and Human Rights
5 April 2023Submission
Foreign Interference through Social Media
Learn how foreign actors use social media to interfere with Australia's national interest and human rights. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
4 April 2023PublicationAustralia’s international obligations
Australia is obliged under international law to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees, regardless of how or where they arrive.