Race Discrimination
Anti-Asian Racism Resources
Explore the Commission's anti-racism resources addressing settler colonialism, systemic racism, and anti-Asian racism in Australia, featuring expert insights and community-led solutions.
Projects
Race Discrimination
Commission – General
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights outlines fundamental rights and freedoms for all. Learn more about its impact and significance.
Rights and Freedoms
Climate Change and Human Rights
Governments have traditionally approached climate change as an ecological problem, or more recently, as an economic one. So far, the social and human rights implications of climate change have not been widely recognised. The effects of climate change may threaten a broad range of internationally...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
NILAC: National Indigenous Legal Advocacy Courses
The NILAC courses were transferred to Tranby - the National Indigenous Adult Education and Training Centre. Contact Tranby for more information on these courses.
Rights and Freedoms
Rural and Remote Education Inquiry
Rural and Remote Education Inquiry The National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education was initiated by the Commission in February 1999. The 1998 Bush Talks consultations on the human rights concerns of regional, rural and remote Australians had revealed that access to education of an appropriate...
Rights and Freedoms
Bush Talks: Rural Health
In 1998 and 1999 the Commission (then known as HREOC) visited regional, rural and remote areas in every State and the Northern Territory as part of the Bush Talks consultations.
Rights and Freedoms
The Human Rights of Rural Australians
Every person in Australia, regardless of who they are or where they live, is entitled to respect for and protection of their human rights. People living in remote, rural and regional Australia often find it harder to fully enjoy their human rights because of their location.
Rights and Freedoms