Walk with Australia’s First Nations communities and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ priorities through our work. The Commission continues to support the Uluru Statement from the Heart as the framework for progress and works to ensure government, the private sector and civil society acknowledge and implement the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to self-determination, participation in decision making, respect for and protection of culture, and equality and non-discrimination. Across the Commission, we continue to provide leadership and positioning on the need for better protection of human rights of First Nations peoples, and their participation in decision making, consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We continue to build and support partnerships with First Nations peoples and organisations to promote their rights and ensure government accountability for outcomes, such as through the Close the Gap Coalition and Closing the Gap processes. Ensure better understanding of, and respect for, human rights so people and communities take action to defend human rights in their own context. The Commission will continue to implement our engagement strategy with government, the Parliament, the corporate sector, peak bodies, academia, NGOs, civil society, philanthropic organisations and international partners. We will seek to increase our workforce and community education team’s capacity to deliver human rights education and training programs across Australia, and across sectors. We will deliver significant projects that ensure better understanding, evidence and guidance so people and communities can take actions to support and defend human rights. This includes implementing IncludeAbility 2.0 to promote employment equity and pay equity for people with disability, implementing a national survey on young people’s understanding and experiences of consent education, and the development of guidance materials on technology and human rights. We seek to broaden engagement and advance public discourse about human rights through our engagement with civil society and nongovernment organisations. Maintain our international standing as a strong National Human Rights Institution representing human rights As an NHRI, we engage in GANHRI, the Asia Pacific Forum, and UN mechanisms such as the Human Rights Council and human rights treaty bodies, to provide a credible, independent voice on the status of human rights in Australia. This is part of the Commission’s responsibility to lift the consideration of human rights across law, policy and practice. This planning period, we seek to build greater understanding of our A-Status accreditation under the Paris Principles, and our role as Australia’s NHRI through our engagements with stakeholders across government and civil society. The Commission will continue to provide a robust independent perspective on Australia’s human rights performance through UN treaty commitments and Human Rights Council engagement as Australia’s A-Status NHRI. This planning period includes significant work in preparing for the Commission’s contribution for the 5th Universal Periodic Review. The Commission will continue to implement our regional and bilateral engagement programs including in Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) and with ASEAN. We will continue to engage with our stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Pacific NHRIs. Corporate Plan 2024-2025 15