• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE5965

Australian Human Rights Commission

(From 1986 – )

Summary

Formerly known as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, the Australian Human Rights Commission is Australia’s national human rights watchdog. An independent statutory body which reports to the Parliament of Australia through the Attorney-General, it was established on 10 December 1986 and comprises: a president and seven commissioners; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner; Age Discrimination Commissioner; Children’s Commissioner; Disability Discrimination Commissioner; Human Rights Commissioner; Race Discrimination Commissioner and a Sex Discrimination Commissioner

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