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Commission - General
6 November 2023Media ReleaseCommission welcomes A-status re-accreditation from international standards body
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ has welcomed its re-accreditation as an A-status National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the international NHRI standards body. GANHRI conducts reviews of its members every five years to determine if they operate in accordance with the UN Principles on National Institutions … -
International
2 November 2023News story
Engaging with the international human rights system
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ has recently hosted visits from two UN Special Rapporteurs: the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. Special Rapporteurs are independent human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate, report on and make… -
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
1 November 2023PublicationBuilding belonging
A toolkit for early childhood educators on cultural diversity and responding to prejudice. See more. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
31 October 2023Opinion pieceNow is the time to act. The referendum must not lead to despair, but to a search for new ways to secure justice
This opinion piece by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, appeared in The Guardian Australia on Sunday 29 October 2023 The day the proposal for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice was rejected by the majority of my fellow Australians will be remembered by many as a sombre day in our country’s history. After the result, there is much pain… -
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
27 October 2023News story
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's rights in action: Innovations in youth justice webinar
Explore innovations in youth justice through a webinar. -
Technology and Human Rights
26 October 2023SubmissionIdentity Verification Services
Learn more about the Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023. -
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
25 October 2023Media Release
National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner urges governments to monitor child rights
Australia’s National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's Commissioner Anne Hollonds is urging governments and service providers to implement a new national toolkit to help improve laws and policy decisions and monitor their impacts on children. -
Race Discrimination
24 October 2023EventRacism in Sport - Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture 2023
Join hundreds of people around the country as we gather with experts to discuss one of the most pressing issues of our time: "Racism in Sport." This webinar comes in response to the continued struggles faced by those harmed by racism in the world of sports and builds upon decades of advocacy by the Commission.  -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
20 October 2023Media Release
Commissioners distressed by death of boy after being detained in Perth prison
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, and National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's Commissioner Anne Hollonds have issued a joint statement following the death of a First Nations teenager who had been held in a youth detention unit at the Casuarina adult prison in Perth. Commissioner Oscar: “My thoughts are with the family and community of the 16-year-old boy who passed…