Disability Rights
Guidelines for the targeted recruitment of people with disability
The Guidelines provide information about designing and implementing targeted recruitment strategies for people with disability.
Publications
Disability Rights
Sex Discrimination
Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force
The audit has provided an important opportunity to examine the progress of the ADF in implementing the recommendations. Overall, the ADF has made significant progress across a range of areas and is to be commended for its efforts. This Report identifies those areas, and also notes other areas where...
Sex Discrimination
It starts with us - The Leadership Shadow
Chief Executive Women and the Male Champions of Change share a common goal: to make a significant and sustainable change to the low levels of women in leadership in Australia. We are working together to identify approaches, put them into practice and disseminate those that are successful.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Close the Gap - Progress and priorities report 2014
Since the first Australian Government report in 2009, the Campaign Steering Committee has provided an annual complementary 'shadow' report representing its assessment of progress, including against the COAG Closing the Gap Targets for health and life expectancy equality, and the commitments in the...
Disability Rights
Equal Before the Law
Equality Before The Law is a basic tenet of human rights. But I have learned, both as an advocate and during my time as Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner, that equality is not always available for Australians with disabilities in the criminal justice system. This report provides a...
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
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...
Education
Human Rights Examples for the Australian Curriculum
Human Rights Examples for the Australian Curriculum (English, History, Geography, Science and Maths – Foundation to Year 10)
Education
Face the Facts - Gender Equality 2014
In recent decades, women in Australia have made significant strides towards achieving equality with men. At universities, in workplaces, in boardrooms and in government, a growing number of women have taken on leadership roles, forging pathways for other women and girls to follow.
Education
RightsEd: Disability Rights: Accessibility and Liveability
The Disability Rights: Accessibility and Liveability resource explores urban planning, community inclusion, and strategies to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
Legal
PJ v AMP Financial Planning Pty Limited
Explore a report into discrimination in employment on the basis of a criminal record in the case of PJ v AMP Financial Planning Pty Limited.
Legal
KA, KB, KC and KD v Commonwealth of Australia
View a report into arbitrary detention and inhumane conditions of detention in the case of KA, KB, KC and KD v Commonwealth of Australia.
Legal
Casenote: Plaintiff M76/2013 v Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship [2013] HCA 53
The High Court found that the Department of Immigration acted on the basis of an error of law when it refused to refer the plaintiff’s case to the Minister for Immigration for consideration of whether to allow her to make a protection visa application.
Rights and Freedoms
Australia's Universal Periodic Review 2013
This report is the third in a series of annual reports that are being developed in the lead up to Australia’s second Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in October 2015. Each report identifies important milestones as well as challenges that remain for the...
Disability Rights