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Childrens Rights

'Help Way Earlier!'- transforming child justice for safety & wellbeing

Report artwork copyright Bernard Singleton and Saltwater People 2024. 'Help way earlier!’ How Australia can transform child justice to improve safety and wellbeing investigates opportunities for reform of child justice and related systems across Australia based on children’s rights and sound...

Rights and Freedoms

The right to vote is not enjoyed equally by all Australians

The right to vote is not enjoyed equally by all Australians February 2010 A healthy democracy makes sure that all members of the community have equal access to the political process. Australia is a democratic nation where governments are elected by popular vote. However, even though almost all...
Education

RightsED - Young people in the workplace

Young people in the workplace Download complete resource in PDF or Word Young people in the workplace contains a series of activities and resources to help students explore the issues around workplace discrimination. The activities help students to draw comparisons between the dramatised workplace...
Education

RightsED: Child Rights

Child rights Subjects: Civics and Citizenship, Society and Environment Level: Year 5 and up (10 years and up) Time needed: 1 - 4 lessons All people – no matter their age, sex, colour, religion or where they live – have the same basic needs to live a healthy life. These needs include food, shelter...
Education

Voices of Australia - RightsED

back to download resources Voices of Australia Download complete resource in PDF or Word This education resource is designed to complement the publication Voices of Australia: 30 years since the Racial Discrimination Act. The stories in the Voices of Australia publication remind us that Australia is...
Cover of the 2009 Social Justice Report by the Australian Human Rights Commission, featuring three woven baskets hanging under a wooden shelter in a grassy outdoor setting.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Social Justice Report 2009

Social Justice Report 2009 Community Guide: Social Justice and Native Title Reports Contents Recommendations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Justice reinvestment – a new solution to the problem of Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system Chapter 3: The perilous state of...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Native Title Report 2009

Native Title Report 2009 Community Guide: Social Justice and Native Title Reports Contents The report overview: The challenges ahead Chapter 1: The state of land rights and native title policy in Australia in 2009 Chapter 2: Changing the culture of native title Chapter 3: Towards a just and...
Commission - General

Annual Report 2008-2009: Australian Human Rights Commission

This is my first annual report as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Since commencing my five-year term in October of last year, the people with whom I have met, the stories that I have listened to, and the community centres and immigration detention facilities that I have visited...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Submission: Human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people – Australian mission Indigenous People's Organisations Network of Australia 17 - 28 August 2009 Download Complete report PDF [667 KB] Complete report Word [502KB] Special Rapporteur on...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Social Justice Report 2008

Social Justice Report 2008 Community Guide: Social Justice and Native Title Reports Contents Recommendations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a framework for Australian Indigenous rights protection Chapter 3: Remote Indigenous...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Native Title Report 2008

The report is focused on two main topics. First I give an overview of changes to native title law and policy, and summarise native title cases that were heard during the reporting period.
Cover of a 2009 report titled Our future in our hands, featuring Aboriginal art with earthy tones and patterns, and a white circular area with the report title and text.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

"Our future in our hands"

"Our future in our hands" - Creating a sustainable National Representative Body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Download in PDF [1.72MB] Community Guide to the Report Table of Contents Introduction Section 1: The importance of a National Representative Body Section 2: What we heard...

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