Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Australia, Human Rights, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
A comment on the current human rights issues faced by Australia in the processing of refugees and asylum seekers
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Children's Rights
Address to the Annual Coalition Meeting
Families Australia Annual Coalition Meeting CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Time of event: 8:30am Time of speech: 10:15-10:40am Chair: Brian Babington Other speakers: No other speakers – keynote Length of speech: 30 minutes Contact on the day: Stella Conroy 0422 384 000 1. Acknowledgments Slide 1 – Opening...
Children's Rights
Children’s rights: everyone, everywhere everyday
Megan Mitchell National Children’s Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Castan Centre Human Rights Law Conference Human Rights 2013 The Edge, Federation Square Corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne Friday 26 July 2013 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 1. Acknowledgments Thank you...
Children's Rights
Bullying, Young People and the Law
A speech by Megan Mitchell, Children's Commissioner. Research shows that 27 per cent of young people report they are bullied every two weeks or more, and about 1 in 10 Australian people experience cyber bullying on a regular basis.
Children's Rights
Listening to children and young people from refugee backgrounds
Refugee Youth In Focus: National Forum on young people from refugee backgrounds CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Acknowledgments Thank you, Carmel. I would like to thank Carmel, Nadine Liddy, and the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN) Australia for inviting me to speak at as part of the plenary...
Rights and Freedoms
Freedom of Speech and giving offence: can a balance be struck?
Annual Kirby Lecture on International law: ANZSIL 2013 Thursday 4 July 2013 6:30 pm Finkel Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Garran Rd, Australian National University (Check against delivery) Freedom of Speech and giving offence: can a balance be struck? I was especially pleased to be...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Justice Reinvestment: accountability in action
District and County Courts of Australia and New Zealand Conference.
Rights and Freedoms
Speech delivered to Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Today I want to talk to you first generally about Australia’s human rights obligations, and the role of the Commission. I will then move to discuss three key human rights obligations which are relevant to decisions which some officers within the Department make every day.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Policing Partnerships: How Justice Reinvestment works with Aboriginal communities
NSW Police Seminar, University of Western Sydney
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Australian Government’s third country processing regime & human rights
Explore a speech delivered by the former President of the Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, to the Refugee Advice and Casework Service.
Children's Rights
Learning through Listening
Opening plenary session of 5th SNAICC National Conference - For Our Children: Living and Learning Together
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples
Ms Mandy Doherty and Ms Jenny Bedford delivered the following joint statement on 22 May 2013 to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on behalf of the Australian Government and the Australian Human Rights Commission. We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land...
Children's Rights
Play is more than just having fun: enriching childhoods
Network of Community Activities, International College of Management, Manly NSW
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
QIFVLS Gala Dinner
Mick Gooda addresses lateral violence at Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) Gala Dinner
Children's Rights
Privileging the voice of children in family law
I want to start by sharing with you the views of 14-year-old Rani who was – as part of a custody case – the subject of a lengthy dispute about contact. Rani had an independent children’s lawyer and a family report to present ‘her best interests’ to the judge. However she still felt totally excluded from the decision-making process.
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