The Australian Government has announced the establishment of a Royal Commission following the antisemitic Bondi terror attack. This devastating event deeply affected ...

The Internet has opened up new possibilities for the realisation of the right to freedom of expression. The Internet has opened up new possibilities for the realisation of the right to freedom of ...

The key message for businesses to take away from the statutory review into Australia's Modern Slavery Act is simple – ‘modern slavery reporting is not being taken seriously enough.' Professor John ...

Equality Before The Law is a basic tenet of human rights. But I have learned, both as an advocate and during my time as Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner, that equality is not always ...

Lethal autonomous weapons systems ( LAWS ) is not easily defined, but can generally be understood as a weapon system that is capable of independently selecting and attacking targets. The Commission ...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has pointed out by reference to this Article that the distinction between ICESCR and ICCPR rights is not as sharp as may often be supposed. In ...

In the last year, Sara coordinated an initiative to equip young people with refugee and migrant backgrounds to share their stories, as well as co-organising the inaugural Catalyst Youth Summit and ...

Danikka has raised awareness about a range of human rights issues facing young Australians through her work as part of the Western Australia Youth Leadership Roundtable and as an inaugural youth ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched Speaking from Experience, landmark project that centres the voices of people with lived experience in workplace sexual harassment reform. The ...

For his work at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and the Yoorrook Justice Commission, on state and federal charters for human rights and achieving Voice, Treaty and Truth for the First Peoples ...

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the ...

Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, has condemned the neo-Nazi rally held in regional New South Wales on the weekend, warning it is further proof of the urgent need for ...