Australian Human Rights Commission

E503431

independent statutory authority national human rights institution

The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent national body that promotes and protects human rights in Australia through advocacy, education, investigations, and policy advice.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner	1
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independent statutory authority ⓘ national human rights institution ⓘ
abbreviation	AHRC NERFINISHED ⓘ
complaintsProcess	conciliation of discrimination complaints ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
establishedInYear	1986 ⓘ
focusArea	Indigenous rights ⓘ LGBTIQ+ rights ⓘ age discrimination ⓘ children's rights ⓘ disability rights ⓘ equality and non-discrimination ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ sex discrimination ⓘ
formerName	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundingSource	Australian Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
GANHRIStatus	A-status national human rights institution ⓘ
governanceStructure	president and commissioners ⓘ
hasCommissionerRole	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ Age Discrimination Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ Disability Discrimination Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ Human Rights Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Australian Human Rights Commission ⓘ Race Discrimination Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ Sex Discrimination Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersState	New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandate	human rights education ⓘ investigation of discrimination complaints ⓘ policy and law reform advice ⓘ promotion of human rights ⓘ protection of human rights ⓘ
operatesAtLevel	national level ⓘ
oversightArea	anti-discrimination law ⓘ human rights in Australia ⓘ
predecessor	Human Rights Commission (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	conducting public inquiries ⓘ conducting research on human rights issues ⓘ developing human rights education resources ⓘ handling complaints under federal anti-discrimination laws ⓘ providing policy submissions to government ⓘ
recognizedBy	Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Attorney-General of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	human rights commission ⓘ
website	https://humanrights.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Human Rights Medal → presentedBy → Australian Human Rights Commission ⓘ

Australian Human Rights Medal → sponsor → Australian Human Rights Commission ⓘ

Mick Dodson → positionHeld → Australian Human Rights Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

Mick Dodson → employer → Australian Human Rights Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Catherine Branson → employer → Australian Human Rights Commission ⓘ