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The Human Rights Commission Act 2005 commenced on 1 November 2006. The new Human Rights Commission has absorbed the functions of the former ACT Human Rights Office and the Community and Health Services Complaints Commissioner's Office, as well as having new functions in the area of disability services, and in relation to children and young people. The three Commissioners are Dr Helen Watchirs the Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner, Ms Mary Durkin the Health Services Commissioner and Ms Linda Crebbin the Disability and Community Services and Children and Young People Commissioner.

The Commission promotes the human rights and welfare of people living in the ACT and provides an independant, fair and accessible one-stop shop for complaints of unlawful discrimination, and complaints regarding health services, services for older people, disability services and services for children and young people.

The Commission is working to promote improvements in service provision for our community, to promote awareness of the rights and responsibilities of users and providers of services, and to promote understanding of and compliance with the Discrimination Act 1991, the Human Rights Act 2004 and the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997.

Our Strategic Plan for 2008-2010

Please take a moment to browse through our website (parts of it are under construction).  We welcome your comments and feedback.

Your Complaint must be submitted in writing in order for the Commissioner to act on it.  It is not essential that you use the complaint form, but we recommend it because the form will help you to provide us with the information we need.

Discrimination Complaint Form (.doc or .pdf)

Or, you can visit the Human Rights and Discrimination section of the website, and click on 'How to Make a Complaint'.

Services Complaint Form (.doc or .pdf)

For complaints about health services, services for older people or their carers, services for people with a disability or their carers, services for children and young people or their carers, or a community service.