Publications

Age Discrimination

Your Rights at Retirement (2019)

2019 Update. Your Rights At Retirement: A guide to making decisions and navigating you through your later life.

Age Discrimination

Older Women’s Risk of Homelessness: Background Paper (2019)

This background paper provides context regarding older women’s homelessness. It offers some potential solutions to reduce women’s risk of homelessness with a focus on preventative and innovative approaches that look beyond social and community housing as the answer.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Close the Gap report – “Our Choices, Our Voices” (2019)

To address the widening life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non- Indigenous Australians, we have identified three priority areas that must be addressed.

Sex Discrimination

Guidelines: Equal opportunity for women and girls in golf (2019)

Participation in sport is a human right. Sport provides physical, social and mental health benefits, and plays a positive role in building communities. For this reason, it is essential that both women and men feel welcome to participate in sport, including golf.

Rights and Freedoms

Free and equal: An Australian conversation on human rights (2019)

Through 2019, the Commission will promote conversation nationally to identify what makes an effective system of human rights protection for 21st century Australia?

Technology and Human Rights

Whitepaper: Human Rights and Technology

Learn more about how Australia can foster innovation and protect human rights through the application of technologies such as ethical AI.

Sex Discrimination

Guidelines: Special measures under Sex Discrimination Act 1984(Cth)

These guidelines provide practical guidance to organisations and individuals to encourage the implementation of special measures. They are intended to offer a means by which workplaces and education and service providers, as well as administrators of Commonwealth law and programs, can assess their...

Legal

Ms Jessica Smith v Redflex Traffic Systems Pty Ltd (2018)

[2018] AusHRC 125 Report into discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record

Legal

AG v Commonwealth (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) 2018

[2018] AusHRC 123 Report into discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record

Legal

CW v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) 2018

[2018] AusHRC 126

Legal

AM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) 2018

[2018] AusHRC 124 Report into Arbitrary Detention

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Australian Human Rights Commission Inspection of Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre: Report (2018)

This report contains an overview of key observations and concerns arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre (CIIDC) in August 2017

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Australian Human Rights Commission Inspection of Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation: Report (2018)

This report contains an overview of key observations and concerns arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) facility in September 2017.

Children's Rights

Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2018)

Most Australian children grow up in safe and healthy environments and do well. However, there are some groups of children whose rights are not adequately protected, which impacts negatively on their wellbeing and ability to thrive.

Age Discrimination

Employing Older Workers (2018)

This report is based on a survey of AHRI members conducted in July – August 2018 in association with the Australian Human Rights Commission.