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This submission is prepared by Australia's national human rights institution, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC). It provides information in relation to the Australian Government's combined 13th and 14th periodic report under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). All of the material contained in this document has…

This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. HREOC is Australia’s national human rights institution established by a law of the federal Parliament and operating in compliance with the ‘Paris Principles’ for national institutions for the…

I welcome this opportunity to follow up on the Australian Human Rights Commission’s work in the inquest into the death of Mr Ward. Many of the Commission’s submissions were accepted by the Coroner and reflected in his findings and recommendations.

This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. It addresses the following issues:

I write to alert you to a Federal Government proposal to abolish the post of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (together with the posts of Race Discrimination Commissioner, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Human Rights Commissioner). Those interested in this matter may wish to make a submission to the Senate Legal and…

To access the Executive Summary of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary law in the Northern Territory click here.

1. The Committee considered the 13 th and 14 th periodic reports of Australia, respectively due in 2000 and 2002, submitted as one document (CERD/C/428/Add.2), at its 1685 th and 1686 th meetings (CERD/C/SR/1685 and 1686), held on 1 and 2 March 2005. At its 1699 th meeting, held on  10 March 2005 , it adopted the following concluding observations.

the provisions of an international convention to which Australia is a party can also serve as an indication of the value placed by Australia on the rights provided for in the convention and, therefore, as indicative of contemporary values.[7]

Inquiry into hearing health in Australia Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee 16 October 2009 Download in Word [348 KB] Download in PDF [117 KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendation 4 Incidence of hearing impairment and deafness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities 5 Specific contributing factors and…