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14 December 2012WebpageInquiry into the Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012 (2012)
Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012 Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committees October 2012 Download in PDF [390 KB] Download in Word [300 KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Background 3 Summary 4 Recommendations 5 Mental and physical health impacts of prolonged and indefinite… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Summary of Interventions by the Australian Human Rights Commission
Summary of Interventions by the Australian Human Rights Commission Updated 11 December 2009 Download PDF (100 kb) Word (181 kb) YEAR NO. OF CASES NAME OF CASE SUBJECT MATTER OF CASE COURT 1988 1. Re A Teenager (1988) 94 FLR 181 Family Law – Sterilisation of a young woman with a disability Family Court 2. Re Jane Family Law – Sterilisation of person with disability – whether parents require… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: Commission intervener
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14 December 2012Webpage
Re: Bernadette (2008)
Re: Bernadette (2008) SUBMISSIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Family Court of Australia Parramatta Registry No PAF 1057/2005 BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER Applicants AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES Intervener HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Intervener LEGAL AID NSW Independent Children’s Lawyer SUBMISSIONS OF THE HUMAN… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Submissions by the Commission
The Commission has a role to review legislation and make recommendations about laws and government policies and programs that involve human rights issues. Submissions are presented to government agencies, parliamentary committees and other inquiry bodies. -
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14 December 2012Publication
Reports to the Minister under the AHRC Act
In addition to receiving complaints of unlawful discrimination, the Commission can inquire into complaints of breaches of human rights and workplace discrimination under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act). -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Subject Index - Submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament
Submissions The Commission seeks to promote and protect human rights through submissions to parliamentary inquiries, government departments and law reform bodies. Recent Submissions Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) - Bill 2018 Inquiry into local adoption - 12 June 2018 Independent Review of the Australian Public Service - 17 July 2018 Review of the … -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Submissions to United Nations
Back to Submissions Index Submissions to United Nations 2017 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (30 October 2017) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – Information for List of Issues on Australia (18 September 2017) Information concerning Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (18 September 2017) CRPD … -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Date Index - Submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament and law reform bodies
Submissions to the Parliaments and law reform bodies Date Index On the instructions of the Commission, another function of the Legal Section is to prepare submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament. See below for some of the submissions prepared by the Legal Section and other units in the commission: See also Submissions sorted by committee sorted by subject other submissions 2018 -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Decisions 1985 - 2001
Decisions On 23 September 1999, the federal Government passed the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act No. 1 1999 (Cth). This law transferred the public hearing and determination process from the Commission to the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court. This law came into effect on 13 April 2000. As a result, the Commission no longer conducts public hearings into… -
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