The 'Stolen Generations' Testimonies' project has recorded 45 videos of members of the Stolen Generations telling their stories. You can watch the videos, and learn more about the project, on their ...

Explore an appendix of government-implemented abbreviations in relation to a report in to Indigenous Deaths in Custody.

The Tasmanian Government recognises the Federal Government's responsibilities for the management of immigration to Australia. During the last decade a policy of mandatory detention has been ...

Many, many people in Australia are absolutely appalled at the treatment of asylum seekers incarcerated in Australia, under conditions that contravene international human rights conventions. You are in ...

You are in an archived section of the website. This information may not be current. This page was first created in December, 2012. Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) is the national ...

A report on the Racism@Uni Study examining the prevalence, nature and impact of racism at Australian Universities.

December 10 is the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations (UN) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR sets out a certain set of rights that are the basic and minimum ...

Findings from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark national Racism@Uni Study highlight that racism is deeply embedded across Australian universities and has profound impacts on students ...

In December 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission delivered an interim report for its Respect at Uni project to update the Australian Government on the project's progress, highlighting ...

Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a national act or charter of rights that explains what people’s basic rights are and how they can be protected. Australia has ...

This report concerns discrimination on the ground of age in employment and occupation. It deals with complaints against two state government employers about the use of age distinctions in the ...