The ACT Human Rights Commission promotes the human rights and welfare of all people living in the ACT. The Commission:
Handles complaints about health services, disability and community services, services for children and young people, occupancy disputes, victims of crime charter of rights complaints, abuse and neglect of vulnerable people and complaints about discrimination.
All our services are free and confidential.
Whether you’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual, transgender, intersex, queer or questioning, or asexual, you have the right to equal opportunity. It’s against the law for someone to treat you unfairly because of your sexual orientation or gender identity.
It’s easy for you to raise concerns or complaints about discrimination or vilification with us. You can talk to us anonymously or confidentially while we work out the best way to address your concern.
You can contact us for a free & confidential chat about your concerns and we can give you information about your options or help you make a complaint.
We can help you deal with concerns about:
We will try and help you resolve the concern or complaint. If we can’t deal with an issue or the issues cannot be resolved through our process, we will talk to you about other options.
Victims Support ACT contact number 1800 822 272 (free call)