Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
QUT Indigenous Law and Justice Dinner
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Children's Rights
The right to a full life: survival and healthy development for all children
Megan Mitchell National Children’s Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Grand Rounds Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick Wednesday 9 October 2013 Click to view slides (Powerpoint) [15 MB] Acknowledgments Slide 1 Thank you Aunty Barbara Keeley Simms for your heartfelt and thought provoking...
Children's Rights
Vulnerable children at the boundary of the criminal justice system
Keynote address at the Jesuit Social Services National Justice Symposium Pushing the boundaries: rethinking the limits of children’s involvement in the criminal justice system. CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 1. Acknowledgments Thank you, Father Frank Brenan, for your kind introduction. I also thank the...
Children's Rights
Strings, sealing wax and other fancy stuff
ACECQA NQF Conference Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 13 September 2013 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 1. Acknowledgments Slide 1 – Introduction I would like to acknowledge and pay my respects to the Traditional Owners of the land we meet on today – the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and pay...
Disability Rights
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Closing Statement
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 10th Session, Australia - Commissioner Innes, Closing Statement 4th September 2013
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
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...
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
Disability Rights
Australia Post Action Plan Launch (2012)
Australia Post Action Plan Launch Graeme Innes AMDisability Discrimination CommissionerAustralian Human Rights Commission Monday 3 December 2012 I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today. I also wish you all a happy International Day of People with Disability. Sarah -...
Age Discrimination
The Rights of Older People and Age Discrimination in Australia (2012)
It may surprise you to hear me start by saying that in many ways the research that comes from gerontology is at the forefront of age law reform. Gerontologists give us the evidence and information to advocate for age friendly laws and policies. Your work assists us to understand that while most of us develop along a similar trajectory in the early years of life, our ageing at the latter stages of life is very different, and our laws and policies should respect those differences.
Disability Rights
Speech - My body, my health, my decision (2012)
Both men acquired their disabilities 20 years ago. Neither of them work, nor do they have daily activities, or relationships with people outside their family.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Current issues Australia faces in relation to its treatment of refugees (2012)
Speech delivered to the United Nations Association of Australia (WA Division)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
7th National Indigenous Legal Conference
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Whadjuk Noongar people and I want to thank them, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, for allowing us to gather on their country.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
2012 Southgate Oration
Uncle Lewis, on behalf of my Elders I pass on our respects to your Elders, both past and present, for their continued struggle for their country and their culture.
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