Australian Human Rights Commission
Annual Report 2021–22
Goal 2: More people, communities and
organisations respect and understand human
rights
Outcome 2.1
Our education activities increase capability among individuals, communities and
organisations to promote and protect human rights and address discrimination.
Participants in education activities benefit through achieving the stated human
rights learning and capability objectives.
What this looks like
Most participants in our adult training programs report:
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satisfaction with the quality and relevance of the training
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increased understanding, expertise, reframed attitudes. [PBS target]
Instances of organisations working with the Commission to develop human rights
education/ training activities.
Human Rights Education and Training
The Workplace and Community Education team, which sat within the Public
Engagement Team during the reporting period, is responsible for making the
Commission’s work accessible, digestible, fit for purpose and engaging to the
broader public and identified target audiences. This involves translating the
knowledge created via our policy, complaints and legal functions and
communicating them in diverse ways to reach our audiences beyond standard
reports, submissions and summaries. Key functions of the team are:
development of knowledge translation resources that make human rights
accessible to the public and identified target audiences, development and
delivery of human rights and anti-discrimination training programs (face-to-face
and eLearning) and provision of advice on developing knowledge translation
resources for policy projects and products.
During this reporting period the team was significantly impacted by the lockdown
and COVID-19 pandemic and a reduction in resources. However, significant work
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