HRTC highlights newsletter - April 2016
Working internationally to advance human rights
International
Australia’s Second Universal Periodic Review
Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission under the Universal Periodic Review
Australia’s Universal Periodic Review 2014 Progress Report
This 2014 UPR Progress Report is the fourth in a series of annual reports developed in the lead up to Australia’s Second Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council.
Commission to send seven young Australians with disability to the UN
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Hi, I'm Graeme Innes.
And, I'm Disability Discrimination Commissioner, for Australia.
And, I'm excited to be involved with this event.
Where a delegation of young people from non-government organizations, is taking part in the Conference of States Parties.
The Conference of States Parties is a United Nations event.
Where all the countries who have signed up to the Disability Convention, meet and talk about progress.
And often people from non-government organizations also attend.
Draft General Comment on Article 12 of the CRPD
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014: Discussion Paper
Why are we holding this inquiry?
The purpose of this inquiry is to investigate the ways in which life in immigration detention affects the health, well-being and development of children. The inquiry will assess the impact on children by seeking the views of people who were previously detained as children in closed immigration detention and by assessing the current circumstances and responses of children to immigration detention.
Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
1 Introduction
Community Guide: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Declaration is the most comprehensive tool we have available to advance the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Rights and freedoms - right by right
As part of the development of our new website we are developing pages on human rights scrutiny by reference to each area of rights and obligations set out in the main human rights treaties which have been developed by the international community and adopted by Australia in the years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed in 1948.
5th ICCPR report and concluding observations
The Human Rights Committee considered Australia's 5th Periodic Report under the ICCPR (link to PDF file) in 2009.