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Technology and Human Rights
2 July 2023Opinion pieceAustralia needs to be a world leader in ethical AI
Find out more about how Australia can be a leader in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence. -
Commission - General
30 June 2023News story
Farewell to Age and Disability Discrimination Commissioners
Commission President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM has joined with colleagues to farewell and celebrate the achievements of Age Discrimination Commissioner the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Ben Gauntlett. -
Commission - General
29 June 2023Webpage
Australian Human Rights Awards
Honour and celebrate individuals and organisations striving to defend and protect the human rights of people in Australia. -
Technology and Human Rights
26 June 2023Speech
Stopping Killer Robots
Learn more about how lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) threaten human rights and why they must be prohibited. -
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… -
Disability Rights
14 June 2023SpeechDisability Discrimination Commissioner's intervention at COSP16
Read the Disability Discrimination Commissioner's speech at the 16th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD.
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