The Commission conducts research and strategic projects to:
- address systemic causes of discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 and racial and religious vilification under the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, and
- promote and protect human rights under the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities.
Current projects
Current projects at the Commission include:
- Human rights during COVID-19: Our response to the emerging human rights issues during the pandemic
- Fair-minded cover: Investigation into mental health discrimination in travel insurance
- Racism is against the rules
- Independent Review Victoria Police
- Raise it! Conversations about sexual harassment and workplace equality
- Reducing Racism
- Aboriginal Cultural Rights in Victoria
- Charter Education Program: Building a Culture of Human Rights in the Victorian Public Sector
- Signs for Health: Auslan interpreters in Victorian hospitals
- Come in, we're accessible: improving accessibility in retail and hospitality
Past projects
Previous Commission projects include:
- Equitable Briefing Initiative: achieving equitable representation of Victorian women barristers in commercial litigation
- My work rights: women's rights at work
- Fair go, sport!: tackling homophobia and discrimination in sport
- Male Champions of Change
- Report Racism: preventing prejudice-based crime and discrimination
- Beyond doubt: the experiences of people with disabilities reporting crime
- Race discrimination in nightclubs, pubs and bars
- Anti-racism: The LEAD project
- Koori women and prison
- Public transport for people with disabilities in Victoria
- Deadly People: a collection of stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Desperate measures: relinquishment of children with disability into state care
- Discrimination in the private rental market
- Everyday People, Everyday Rights: establishing human rights awareness and advocacy among everyday Victorians
- Harnessing Diversity: addressing racial and religious discrimination in employment
- Held Back: the experiences of students with disability in schools
- Mature age workers and the Equal Opportunity Act: educating mature-age workers about age discrimination
- Rights in the region: the key human rights issues affecting regional Victorians
- Rights of older people: the key human rights issues affecting older Victorians
- Rights of Passage: reducing racism and discrimination experienced by young Australian-Sudanese people
- Rights on the road: discrimination against older drivers
- School fees for children of visa holders: international students and other visa holders who pay school fees for their children
- Time to Respond: improving access to taxi services for people with a disability.
- Volunteering and the Equal Opportunity Act: how the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 applies to volunteers
- Women in the law: the experiences of women working in the legal profession across Victoria
