Strengthen Australia’s Human Rights Framework, embedding human rights issues at the national level. nationally, through the National Children’s Reports, and give voice to children and young people so their rights are embedded in national frameworks, such as child protection, family violence and early childhood development. We have a longstanding record of drawing national attention to pressing human rights issues, raising community awareness, and encouraging positive action by governments, businesses and others. We will continue to advocate for, and work with Government towards, a National Human Rights Framework as set out in the Commission’s Free+Equal project and supported by the May 2024 report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, to ensure robust national protections of human rights and accountability measures. This includes advancing a national Human Rights Act to ensure the effective and comprehensive protection of human rights in Australia. The Commission will continue to engage with government to ensure robust protections against torture and cruel treatment, consistent with Australia’s obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). We will continue to monitor immigration detention facilities, including both centre-focused and thematic inspections, and report specifically on the use of solitary confinement in youth detention centres. We will continue to advocate for reform of all federal discrimination laws to ensure they can meet the needs of 21st century Australia. This includes the Disability Discrimination Commissioner’s focus on desegregation, and advocacy for reforms to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) in line with recommendations made by the Disability Royal Commission, as well as significant work from the Disability Rights Team providing advice on DDA education, premises and transport standards. The Age Discrimination Commissioner will continue advocacy focused on elder abuse with focus on strengthening safeguarding measures, policies and laws, as well as research and training to understand and address age stereotyping in employment and in care settings. We will continue to monitor and report on significant human rights issues through our statutory reports to identify issues of discrimination, exclusion and unfair treatment. The National Children’s Commissioner will focus on setting out a case for child justice reform 14 Australian Human Rights Commission The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner will draft the first of three Social Justice Reports (during her five-year term) outlining key human rights issues affecting First Nations peoples. We will deliver for Government endorsement, a National Anti-Racism Framework led by the Race Discrimination Commissioner, with evidence on key measures of racism in Australia. This includes leading an independent study to better understand and address the prevalence of both interpersonal and systemic racism at universities. The Human Rights Commissioner is leading the Future Emergency Responses Project, which aims to develop a human rights emergency response framework to embed human rights in future emergency and disaster responses in Australia. The first phase of the project applies a human rights lens to Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic response measures and seeks to better understand its human rights impacts with a view to improving future emergency responses. The second phase will specifically consider responses to natural disasters, including bushfires and floods, from a human rights perspective.