Australia's new Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, said a united approach to anti-racism was essential if our society is to better address and ultimately dismantle systemic racial ...

This report describes the connection between climate change and human rights and outlines the critical importance of addressing climate change to protect people’s rights in Australia. The evidence on ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a landmark report revealing the systemic barriers faced by people who experience workplace sexual harassment—and outlining urgent reforms needed to ...

The documentary Unbreakable: the Jelena Dokic Story portrays the abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her father under the glare of media, the governing sports body, fellow players and ...

The President and all seven Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission are united in our demand for immediate reform over the ongoing crisis of Aboriginal deaths in custody. The President ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Australia's National Children's Commissioner National Human Rights Commissioner National Race Discrimination Commissioner The ...

Satara is an activist and leader working to help young people be heard in policy making. She undertakes listening tours, sharing letters from children and young people in detention with government, ...

What is the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child? The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is a United Nations (UN) body which monitors the implementation of the ...

Jarib is a 21-year-old Guwamu/Kooma man who grew up in Cunnamulla, a small community in outback Queensland of 1200 people.. After commencing in a youth support role at the Paroo Shire Council in 2023, ...

Shakira is an early childhood educator and advocate for the prevention of violence against women and children. After losing her mother Jacqui to domestic violence in 2023, Kira turned to advocacy. Her ...

Dr Michelle Telfer is a Paediatrician, Adolescent Medicine Physician and the Chief of Medicine at The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Melbourne. Michelle has been a leading voice in affirmative trans ...

In the past weeks, we have seen tens of thousands of Australians united in a single message: no more violence against women. From the time emergency National Cabinet was called to the time they met; ...