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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
20 June 2023Media ReleaseInspection report: Serious human rights concerns in hotel detention
Explore an inspection report by the Commission that found serious human rights concerns persist in the use of hotels as alternative places of detention. -
Age Discrimination
15 June 2023Media ReleaseNew multicultural education campaign seeks to reduce elder abuse via later life planning
A new education campaign is urging older Australians from a range of culturally diverse backgrounds to safeguard themselves against elder abuse by organising their wills, enduring powers of attorney and other important legal documents. Launching on this year’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Have You Thought ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Later Life? campaign has been produced by the Australian Human Rights -
Age Discrimination
14 June 2023Webpage
Planning ahead for later life
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ has produced a range of educational resources to raise awareness about the importance of planning ahead for later life. The focus of our Have You Thought ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Later Life? campaign is to provide resources in English and five community languages to support Australians to have these conversations. ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ planning ahead for later life Future planning… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
14 June 2023Publication
The Use of Hotels as Alternative Places of Detention
Overview The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ conducts ongoing monitoring of conditions in detention to ensure that Australia’s immigration detention system complies with our obligations under international human rights law. Australia’s immigration authorities use hotels as Alternative Places of Detention (commonly known as APODs) instead of housing some people in immigration detention… -
Sex Discrimination
9 June 2023Media ReleaseCommission welcomes passage of new ACT intersex laws
New legislation protecting the rights of people in the Australian Capital Territory who have variations in sex characteristics (VSC) has been welcomed by the Commission. Yesterday the ACT Parliament passed the Variation in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Bill 2023 establishes legal protections and processes to support people with VSC to make their own decisions about… -
Technology and Human Rights
1 June 2023News story
Fighting Tech-facilitated Slavery
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's (Commission) submission has had a successful impact on the Special Rapporteur on Slavery's Thematic Report on technology-facilitated slavery and prevention. Two of the Commission's key recommendations were adopted by the Special Rapporteur in full. Slavery Trafficking in persons and slavery-like practices are some of the most pressing human rights -
Technology and Human Rights
1 June 2023News story
Does the Metaverse Threaten your Right to Privacy Online?
Learn about the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's concerns about consumer privacy in the Metaverse. -
Technology and Human Rights
1 June 2023News story
Protecting your Human Rights in the Digital Age
Learn more about the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's work on privacy, AI, misleading content and human rights in the digital age. -
Technology and Human Rights
31 May 2023News story
Safeguarding the Right to Privacy
Learn more about how to protect the human right to privacy online by reforming the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). -
Technology and Human Rights
31 May 2023News story
Social Media: A Tool for Foreign Interference
Learn about how foreign actors are using social media to interfere with Australia's national interest and threaten human rights online.