COVID19 and Human Rights

All for one - hands stacked in unity

Rights and Freedoms

What are human rights?

Doctor wearing mask in operating theatre

Rights and Freedoms

What human rights are at particular risk of being restricted during a pandemic?

Scales of Justice statue near law books

Rights and Freedoms

How are our human rights protected in law in Australia during COVID-19?

Race Discrimination

Racial Equality in the Time of Coronavirus: 2020 Kep Enderby Lecture

Sad child in quarantine with mask and masked teddy bear

Rights and Freedoms

What is the Commission’s view on limiting human rights during COVID-19?

Visiting grandma Covid-safely

Rights and Freedoms

Where is the line on COVID-19 emergency measures?

Child wearing a facemask sitting with head in hands

Children's Rights

Greater focus needed on kids during pandemic

Collage of children of all ages wearing masks, walking, shopping, crying. A sign "school closed"

Children's Rights

Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline (2020)

A person holds a bottle of hand sanitiser and pumps it into their hand.

Disability Rights

Guidelines on the rights of people with disability in health and disability care during COVID-19 (2020)

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Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Commission concerned for detainees during COVID

Commission – General

COVID-19's unexpected lessons

June Oscar

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Learning from crisis

A woman using a wheelchair is at a table with two young children at home playing a game.

Disability Rights

Bringing a disability lens to the COVID-19 health policy response

Teddy Bear with medical mask

Children's Rights

Protecting children from impacts of Coronavirus