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1 On 17 April 2008 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (“HREOC”) filed a summons seeking leave to intervene in these proceedings. The summons was supported by an affidavit of the Human Rights Commissioner, Graeme Gordon Innes, affirmed on 16 April 2008.

Learn about the amicus brief in the Hervey Bay case.

Protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration Information provided by the Australian Human Rights Commission to the OHCHR study on challenges and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration April 2010 Download PDF [ 136 KB ] Download Word [ 360 KB] Table of Contents 1…

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…

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIAN DISTRICT REGISTRY No VID 1475 of 2005 BETWEEN: AB Applicant and REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS DEATHS AND MARRIAGES Respondent SUBMISSIONS OF THE SEX DISCRIMINATION COMMISSIONER APPEARING AS AMICUS CURIAE Introduction The Sex Discrimination Commissioner was granted leave on 2 May 2006 to appear as amicus curiae at the hearing of these proceedings and make

Back to Table of Contents Appendix 4 – What legal mechanisms protecting human rights exist in other jurisdictions? Appendix 4: What legal mechanisms protecting human rights exist in other jurisdictions? Contents 1 Canada 2 New Zealand 3 South Africa 4 United Kingdom 5 Australian Capital Territory 6 Victoria In many other countries, human rights are protected through uniform human rights

Submission of the HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (HREOC) to the Green Paper on Homelessness - Which way home? 4 July 2008 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600 Download Word PDF Table of Contents Introduction Summary Homelessness, human rights and social inclusion Legal protection of the rights…

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY No. WAD 195/2010 GENERAL DIVISION NATALIE CLARKE Applicant NATIONWIDE NEWS PTY LTD T/A THE SUNDAY TIMES Respondent INTERVENER’S OUTLINE OF SUBMISSIONS Application for leave to intervene Basis for intervention On 27 July 2011 the Australian Human Rights Commission filed a motion seeking leave to intervene in this proceeding…

Submission of the Australian Human Rights Commission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations on the Inquiry into pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce 23 September 2008 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600…