The Latest Breaking News from Australian Human Rights Commission

Former AHRC staff member alleged management viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk and leaked information about her to a shock jock, Mehreen Faruqi tells parliament

Complaints abound of a toxic culture rife with sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination. Women shouldn’t have to fight this battle on their own

Attorney general signed off on AHRC’s intervention in favour of the plaintiff NZYQ, provided it made clear it was doing so on its own behalf

Independent Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has revealed she will lodging a racism claim with Australian Human Rights Commission against The Greens. The news comes after the Indigenous senator (who quit the Greens earlier this year) alleged she had been bullied by her former colleagues. Lidia told ABC TV’s Insiders program on Sunday…

A proposal for Australia's federal human rights act would see religious freedom, expression, privacy and environment among 28 protections.

New report says a Human Rights Act could have prevented ‘abandonment’ of Australians overseas in Covid pandemic

Governments would have to consider 28 human rights in their decisions under a landmark proposal by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Qatar's spotty human rights record was a constant talking point during the men's World Cup last year. Now the Australian Human Rights Commission wants a proper conversation about Australia's record before the Women's World Cup in July and August.

UN panel suspends visit to New South Wales and Queensland after access blocked to some sites