As services increasingly move to apps, web chats, AI and automated phone systems, many older people are being left behind.
Are you concerned about how an older person is being treated? We handle complaints about many of the services older Canberrans use.
We’re excited to announce a new FREE event — The Answer is Human Rights seminar — we’re presenting in partnership with the Australian Human Rights Commission this April.
The Commission is committed to maintaining social cohesion and the elimination of vilification that causes harm to vulnerable groups in our community covered by the Discrimination Act.
The ACT Human Rights Commission promotes the human rights and wellbeing of everyone living in the ACT. Every 3 years, the Commission asks our community for feedback on the Client Services Charter
The ACT Human Right Commission welcomes the significant decision of Justice McWilliam of the Supreme Court regarding three tenants who argued that their human rights had been ignored by the Commissioner for Social Housing
Australia should be a safe harbour for people who have been targeted for their beliefs elsewhere. Yet racism and religious intolerance are a feature of Australian life. The shocking mass murder at Bondi targeted Jewish people. It was preceded by other appalling anti-Semitic and violent incidents, particularly in Melbourne and Sydney.
An experienced Canberra lawyer and advocate has been appointed as the territory’s next Victims of Crime Commissioner.
The Commission extends its profound sympathy to the families in mourning following Sunday’s violent attack at a Hannukah celebration in Bondi, and also extends its sympathies to the Jewish community.
