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Rights and Freedoms
13 March 2013WebpageRights and freedoms: web links
Links from bayefsky.com bayefsky.com is an extensive collection of resources maintained by leading human rights academic Anne Bayefsky and colleagues . In many cases it provides easier access than the official UN document versions. The site includes an introduction to the human rights treaty system; the text of the treaties and amendments; pages for each country; pages organised by category… -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 4: Beyond the Apology - an agenda for healing: Social Justice Report 2008
Social Justice Report 2008 Chapter 4: Beyond the Apology - an agenda for healing Back to Contents Download in PDF Download in Word Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Understanding healing 1 Defining healing 2 Healing and trauma 2.1 Historic and intergenerational trauma 3 Who needs healing? 4 Healing and the principles of reparation 5 Healing, reparation and compensation Part 3: Examples of healing… -
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14 December 2012WebpageInquiry into hearing health in Australia (2009)
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… -
Commission - General
3 September 2018PublicationHuman Rights & Climate Change (2008)
Climate change will have significant impacts in both Australia and across the globe. Australia is one of the most arid continents in the world. It is vulnerable to risks such as disruptions to water supply; increases in the severity of storms, floods and droughts, coastal erosion due to sea level rise; and to negative human health impacts, for example through an increase in the range and spread… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Review of Australia’s Fourth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights 17 April 2009 Download in Word [556KB] Download in PDF [207KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Framework for human rights protection 4.1 Formal protection for econmic social and cultural rights Human Rights Commission (a) Australian Human Rights … -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Comments by the Australian Human Rights Commission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on issues relevant to Australia’s fifth periodic report under the ICCPR (2008)
Comments by the Australian Human Rights Commission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on issues relevant to Australia’s fifth periodic report under the ICCPR 30 September 2008 Download PDF [250 KB] Download Word [500 KB] Table of Contents Introduction Summary 1 Legal framework for human rights protection 1.1 Australian Charter of Rights 1.2 Functions of the Australian Human Rights … -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
Consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties 29 March 2012 Download in Word [303 KB] Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 What would ratification of OPCAT require of Australia? 4.1 Visits to Australia of Subcommittee for… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (2010)
What is ICERD and CERD? Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the ICERD Committee 8 July 2010 Download PDF [530 KB] Download Word [710 KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Australian Human Rights Framework 3 The Social Inclusion Agenda as a… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Book pageChapter 3: Remote Indigenous education: Social Justice Report 2008
Back to Contents Social Justice Report 2008 Chapter 3: Remote Indigenous education Download in PDF Download in Word Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Setting the scene – the challenge of delivering a quality educational service in remote Australia 1 Remote Australia 2 Are education services available and accessible in remote Australia? 3 Are Indigenous students in remote Australia receiving…