High Commissioner shows support for Human Rights Act in Australia

As many of you have argued for years, and I fully agree, a Human Rights Act would help to guide legislation and policy, strengthen oversight by ...

Australia | OHCHR

High Commissioner shows support for Human Rights Act in Australia · Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries · Whitlam Oration: ...

Commission President reiterates calls for upholding human rights as ...

"I call on Australian governments to protect people's rights to peacefully assemble and protest. Any limitation on protest rights must be ...

Hundreds of advocates support push for Australian Human Rights Act

More than 700 human rights advocates from across Australia, including more than 60 eminent experts, have called on the Federal Government to introduce a Human ...

Australia's commitment to human rights | Australian Government ...

Australia is committed to a strong multilateral human rights system. We continue to support the independent mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for ...

2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Australia

The Department of Home Affairs and its Australian Border Force are responsible for migration and border enforcement. Civilian authorities maintained effective ...

Chapter 5 - Arguments regarding an Australian Human Rights Act

Ashley, Francina, Leonard & Associates, a law firm in Sydney, submitted that there were unprecedented impacts on fundamental human rights during the pandemic ...

Advancing human rights | Foreign Policy White Paper

Australia is committed to a strong multilateral human rights system. We continue to support the independent mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for ...

Right to freedom of movement | Attorney-General's Department

Australia is a party to seven core international human rights treaties. The right to freedom of movement is contained in articles 12 and 13 of the International ...

2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Australia

The government also appointed one commonwealth (federal) ombudsman, as laws differed between states. The National Anti-Corruption Commission commenced ...

Explainer: Why we need a Human Rights Act for Australia

We know that 73% of Australians support a Human Rights Act. The Attorney General, Mark Dreyfus, has publicly expressed his support for Human ...

Rights of equality and non-discrimination

Complaints made under these laws may be investigated and conciliated by the Australian Human Rights Commission. If the complaint is not resolved before the ...

Chapter 3 - Australia's human rights framework

The Government will provide an additional $6.6 million over four years to the Australian Human Rights Commission to enable it to expand its community education ...

Human Rights - the United Nations

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights exercises principal responsibility for UN human rights activities. The High Commissioner is mandated to ...

Human Rights Law: Australia - Library Guides - LibGuides

The Australian Human Rights Commission has published a Quick Guide to Australian Discrimination Laws, which provides an overview of Federal and State anti- ...

Human Rights Commission

Some kinds of racism are against the law. The Human Rights Act protects you from racial discrimination and racial harassment in certain areas of public life.

What are Human Rights? - YouTube

This animated video introduces the concept of human rights – what are they, where do they come from and why are they important in Australia ...

Australia welcomes visit by UN Human Rights Commissioner

The visit by the UN High Commissioner shows that we practise what we preach,” said Australian Ambassador Greg Moriarty. Responding to media reports of Ms Pillay ...

Should Australia Adopt a National Human Rights Act?

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is the national body that is responsible for protecting and promoting human rights. The AHRC ...

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Australia: Homepage

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy is the 27th U.S. Ambassador to Australia. She presented her credentials to the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on ...