News & Events

The ACT National Preventive Mechanism (ACT NPM) welcomes the passage of legislation today, which brings the ACT significantly closer to compliance with OPCAT.

From 1 August, amendments were introduced to the Human Rights Act 2005, which require organisations to implement the Child Safe Standards. Find out more.

From 1 July 2024 the functions of the Information Privacy Commissioner under the Information Privacy Act 2014 will be carried out by the ACT Human Rights Commission.

From 11 June, Canberrans can bring human rights complaints to the ACT Human Rights Commission. Find out more.

From April, the areas of public life protected by the ACT Discrimination Act will expand and the scope of some of the exceptions will narrow.  Find out more at an online info session on 30 April.

This will be a year of significant and welcome change to the human rights landscape in the ACT.

A groundbreaking ACT Sexual Assault Legal Service (SALS) is soon to open its doors.

Coercive control was a factor in a majority of 12 homicides linked to domestic and family violence, which were examined in the  ACT’s first domestic and family violence review.

The ACT Intermediary Program has expanded its services to vulnerable accused. The ACT is the first Australian jurisdiction to expand intermediary services to accused persons, with the initial cohort being children and young people 18 years and younger accused of sexual offence and homicide matters.