Human Rights Commission
Findings from the Australian Human Rights Commission's landmark national Racism@Uni Study highlight that racism is "deeply embedded" across Australian universities and has profound impacts on students...
On a day that "already represents deep pain, survival and resistance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples", the bomb attack in Boorloo/Perth on 26 January has "caused deep distress and fe...
The Queensland Court of Appeal has handed the state government a defeat, restoring in full a case that seeks to protect the Doongmabulla Springs from the impacts of Adani's Carmichael coal mine.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has criticised Australia for the "almost constant increase" in the number of people held on remand and the country's "very low age of criminal responsibility"...
The Australian Human Rights Commission's new review of solitary confinement and similar practices in youth detention across Australia has found the use of the dangerous practice is widespread and disp...
William Tilmouth has been awarded the prestigious Australian Human Rights Medal in recognition of his decades-long advocacy for First Nations self-determination and sovereignty - an achievement he say...
Ever since she was a kid, lawyer and human rights advocate Tekan Cochrane wanted to make a difference for her mob and other disadvantaged people and communities; and concluded it is best done at polic...
The Queensland Court of Appeal will hear a landmark case across Tuesday and Wednesday that will determine whether Aboriginal cultural rights under the Queensland Human Rights Act can be enforced to pr...
A new report has revealed the impact of racism on Indigenous peoples' health outcomes and other communities impacted by racism in Australia. Released by the Australian Human Rights Commission on Tuesd...
In the wake of landmark coronial findings into the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker — which found the officer who shot him is racist and the Northern Territory Police Force exhibits "signif...
A new podcast highlighting the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has been launched in Magandjin during NAIDOC Week.
All seven Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have joined forces to call for sweeping reforms in response to the continuing crisis of Indigenous deaths in custody.
The rights of Indigenous Australians are under attack and children have been subjected to "egregious breaches" of human rights, a leading advocate says.