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The office of the Commissioner for Community Relations was established by the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 as originally passed, and continued as part of the Human Rights Commission from 1981 to 1986. In December 1986 this office was replaced by the Race Discrimination Commissioner, established as part of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and now the Australian Human Rights…

Explore the Commission's submissions in the Coral Wilson case.

Common law rights, human rights scrutiny and the rule of law Australia is unusual among common law countries in not having a Constitutional Charter or Bill of Rights. However, common law courts have power to provide significant protection of human rights principles including the rule of law, except where legislation specifically overrides this power. Parliament presumed not to intend to…

back to Commission's Immigration detention on Christmas Island report (2012) Department of Immigration and Citizenship Response to the 2012 ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Report on Immigration Detention at Christmas Island Download in PDF [ 36 KB ] Download in Word [ 126 KB ] Introduction The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the…

Explore resources on children, refugees and asylum seekers in immigration detention such as mandatory detention, security assessments and protection visas.

Explore reports and photos related to immigration detention.

Reports of complaints under the AHRC Act The Commission can inquire into complaints of breaches of human rights under the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act). When the Commission receives a complaint of an alleged breach of human rights the Commission will attempt to resolve the complaint through conciliation. If conciliation is unsuccessful and the Commission finds…

Discover a history of speeches, events and media about immigration detention, asylum seekers and refugees at the Human Rights Commission.

2015 Submission to Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru (April 2015) ​ Submission to the Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 (Cth) (April 2015) 2014 Submission to the Inquiry into the Migration and …