Parliament has today legislated for a fairer and more equal Australia by legalising marriage equality.
“On this historic day, Australia joins over two dozen countries around the world in legislating for marriage equality,” said Australian Human Rights Commission President, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM.
Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner, said the law was a milestone for human rights in Australia.
Ethics Training Day: Dealing with Vulnerability
Princeton Room, Bond University, 14 University Drive, Robina, Qld
I represent an organisation that works extensively with people who can be part of “vulnerable populations”. My background is as a human rights lawyer. While human rights and human ethics are not the same thing, there are some important cross-overs in how we work.
• Thank you, James and Ellen, for your kind introduction.
• Traditional owners: the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and to pay my respects to their elders past and present.
• The many members of the LGBTI community who have served in the armed forces – as well as those from inside and outside the LGBTI community who helped make this possible.
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Harmony Park, Goulburn St, Surry Hills
Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner
Gadigal people of the Eora Nation
Elders in the trans community, past and present. In particular, those people who have been victims of hate crimes and those who have faced, and continue to face, discrimination, vilification and harassment in the course of their everyday lives.
Message from the Commissioner The role of the Human Rights Commissioner is to raise systemic public policy issues that impact on human rights, and seek reform. The Commission has in its legislation commissioners responsible for age, disability, race and sex discrimination. There are also commissioners responsible for children’s rights and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice. These portfolios are often represented through...
Australian Public Service Human Rights Network
This event is important and timely. I understand that it has been created to respond to the issues facing people living with HIV as they age.
In Commonwealth v Australian Capital Territory, the High Court held unanimously that the whole of the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (ACT) (the ACT Act) was inconsistent with the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) (the Marriage Act) and was therefore of no effect.
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is seeking the views of the sex and gender diverse community about the most pressing human rights issues faced by people who are transgender, transsexual or intersex. HREOC also seeks input into how it might assist in promoting and protecting the human rights of people who are sex and gender diverse.
