Australian Human Rights Commission - Law Society Journal

Australian Human Rights Commission Legal articles
published in the NSW Law Society Journal

The legal section of the Commission publishes regular articles on human rights law, designed for legal practitioners. These appear in NSW Law Society Journal and other Law Society publications across Australia.

With permission from the NSW Law Society Journal these articles are reproduced below

[ 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 ]

2009

• Improved protection of disability rights: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 amended - September
• Human Rights in Coronial Inquests - May
• A new approach to race discrimination? - March

2008

• The standard of proof in discrimination claims: the Full Court lightens the load, a little. - September
• Limited protection under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) for women on maternity leave - July
• Cyber-racism: can the RDA prevent it? - May
• When is performing a government function a service? - March

2007

• Landmark decision in Aboriginal wages case - February

• Vicarious liability for race and disability discrimination in the workplace - April

• Is this a new frontier in vicarious liability? - July

• Access denied: Limited standing of a human rights organisation to commence discrimination proceedings - October

2006

• Intervention powers of the Human Rights Commission - February

• Time limits for unlawful discrimination claims - April

• Implications for Pay Equity in NSW v Amery - June

• Customary law and international human rights: The Queen v GJ - August

• Clarifying indirect disability discrimination - October

• Pre-employment medical assessments - December

2005

• Special measures and the Sex Discrimination Act - February

• Exercising permissible limits on free speech - April

• Disclosure of information which may affect National Security - July

• Remedies for unlawful discrimination - August

• Where does the workplace end? Vicarious liability for sexual harassment - November