Australian Human Rights Commission

Australian Human Rights Commission

Commission overview
Formed	1986 (1986)
Preceding commission	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Jurisdiction	Australia
Headquarters	Sydney
Employees	126[1]
Minister responsible	Mark Dreyfus, Attorney-General of Australia
Commission executives	Ros Croucher, President[2] June Oscar, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner[2] Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner[2] Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner[3] Chin Tan, Race Discrimination Commissioner[2] Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner[2] Kay Patterson, Age Discrimination Commissioner[2]
Key documents	Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Sex Discrimination Act 1984 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Age Discrimination Act 2004 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Website	humanrights.gov.au

The Australian Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution of Australia, established in 1986 as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and renamed in 2008. It is a statutory body funded by, but operating independently of, the Australian Government. It is responsible for investigating alleged infringements of Australia's anti-discrimination legislation in relation to federal agencies.

The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 articulates the Australian Human Rights Commission's role and responsibilities. Matters that can be investigated by the Commission under the Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 2019 include discrimination on the grounds of age, medical record, an irrelevant criminal record; disability; marital or relationship status; nationality; sexual orientation; or trade union activity.