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Rights and Freedoms

59th Session of the Commission on Human Rights statement by Dr Sev Ozdowski

In keeping with the focus of this agenda item on effective functioning of human rights mechanisms and national institutions I propose at the outset to briefly list some of the key areas with which the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has been involved over the past year. A more detailed account of those activities will be circulated. So here is an overview:

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Rights and Freedoms

Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Acting INSLM (2017)

Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Acting INSLM   Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) Statutory Deadline Review 15 May 2017   Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Background to the present Inquiry 5 Human Rights and...

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Legislative exemptions that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against students, teachers and staff (2018)

The Australian Human Rights Commission has long advocated for comprehensive protection for all human rights set out in international law. This includes effective legal protection for the human rights that are most directly relevant to the Committee’s current inquiry—freedom of religion and belief, and protection against discrimination on the grounds of: sex, relationship or marital status; pregnancy; sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Keynote Address CEO Sleepout

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with all of you, and sleep with some of you. As you will have noticed, Vinnies was good enough to let my eleven-year-old daughter Rachel join me as my guide tonight, and she'll be the only one getting any of my cuddles. The rest of you have to make your own arrangements.

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Rights and Freedoms

“Child Migrants and Human Rights in our Time”: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2005)

I should add, at this point, that my work over the past few years and my inquiry on children in immigration detention (CIDI), in Australia, the report of which "A last resort?" was tabled in the Australian Federal parliament in May of 2004, has made me even more keenly aware of the fragility of child asylum seekers. But more on that later!

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Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in its Inquiry into the Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 (Cth) (the Bill) introduced by the Australian Government.

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Submission to the Independent Review of Australia's COVID Policy Response

This is a submission from Australia's Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, to the Independent Review of Australia's COVID Policy Response. It a) deals with the impacts of the pandemic and of the pandemic response; b) analyses positive and negative aspects of the response; c) provides...

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Human Rights in Contemporary Australia: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2001)

Despite its rather grand title, this presentation will be a relatively modest attempt to set out the key challenges for human rights in Australia as I see them at the outset of my term as Human Rights Commissioner. Let us begin with a quick survey of the state of human rights internationally and in Australia today.

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Rights and Freedoms

Review of Australian Federal Police Powers (2020)

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in relation to its ‘Review of AFP Powers’.

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