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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Project
Northern Territory ‘Emergency Response’ intervention
Explore publications, speeches and media releases by the Human Rights Commission related to the Northern Territory' Emergency Response' intervention. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2004 :
Mr Tom Calma Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), Parliament House, Canberra, 8 April 2005 -
29 January 2013Book page
Appendix J – Examples of Best Practice from International Contexts
Introduction and Methodology As indicated in the body of the Report, the Review examined a range of international defence academies identified as bearing the greatest similarity to ADFA in terms of size, structure, or the wider contexts within which they functioned. [505] The Review conducted a broad ranging scan of Government and Defence Force inquiries, reports and evaluations; as well as… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Presentation toRound Table on Information Access For People with Print Disabilities
I've always had a yearning to be in the Guinness Book of Records, and so I decided, in preparation for today, to give the shortest presentation ever made by a staff member of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. My presentation thus consists of just seven letters: a question of 4 letters, and an answer of 3 letters. The question is SSDD, and the answer is DDA. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Social Justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
It is with respect and gratitude I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Nyoonga People and I thank the Traditional Owners for allowing us to do so. -
Sex Discrimination6 March 2015Webpage
Reports
Reports prepared on specific projects are provided directly to Defence. However, publicly available reports are available for download below. Conversations on Deployment In early May 2017, Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins visited the Middle East Region with the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) to learn more about the ADF’s operations and goals in the region. Former… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
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This session focuses primarily on relationships between National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI’s) and the Judiciary, but as well touches on their relationship with officers of the executive government such as the Attorney-General. One of the stated aims of this session is to assess how the independent institutions of the judiciary and NHRI’s can mutually and independently strengthen… -
Legal1 December 2022Media Release
Artificial intelligence and anti-discrimination: Major new publication
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Actuaries Institute (Institute) today said while artificial intelligence (AI) promises faster and smarter decision making, safeguards are needed to prevent potential discrimination. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice13 September 2021Opinion piece
Incorporating UNDRIP into Australian law would kickstart important progress
Given the challenges we face collectively, it is all too seldom that the world's First Nations peoples are able to come together to develop shared solutions. When we do, we achieve great things. -
14 December 2012Book page
A last resort? - Summary Guide: Preface
The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be … used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time. -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
The complaint process for complaints about breaches of human rights by the Commonwealth
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent body which investigates and resolves complaints about discrimination and breaches of human rights. -
Disability Rights26 November 2013Opinion piece
We have to stop this
“Are you talking about rape? I’ve been raped many times. You just have to get used to it.” Imagine that your daughter, sister, mother, wife, girlfriend or female friend had the grave misfortune to have this happen to her - and that this statement, thick with defeat and resignation, was her response to such a gross perpetration of violence against her. Now imagine she is in a care facility… -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 2: Constitutional reform: Creating a nation for all of us - Social Justice Report 2010
A century ago, the Australian people engaged in a debate about creating a nation. They held meetings...They wrote articles and letters in newspapers. Many views were canvassed and voices were heard. The separate colonies, having divided up the land between them, discussed ways of sharing powers in order to achieve a vision of a united Australia. The result was the Australian Constitution,… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Recognition matters: Human rights and the rights of carers
For thousands of years, Aboriginal groups, who might spend much of their time living far apart in the expanses of this land, pursuing separately the business of survival, would come together at times to meet, to trade, sometimes to resolve differences, but also to exchange knowledge for mutual benefit. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
On March 30 this year Australia lined up with 80 other countries at the UN in New York to sign the Convention on the Rights or Persons with Disabilities -
Commission – General14 December 2012Publication
21 Years of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2007)
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now known as the Australian Human Rights Commission) was established in 1986 by an act of the federal Parliament. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: SUMMARY SHEET THREE: COAG TRIALS
In its communique of 5 April 2002, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to trial a whole-of-government cooperative approach in up to 10 communities or regions of Australia. Appendix 2 of the report provides a detailed overview of the structure of the trials, and progress in each trial site. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
"THE REFUGEE CONVENTION - WHERE TO FROM HERE?": Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2001)
Thank you for inviting me to speak today. Firstly I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are now meeting, the Gadigal people. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Release of third progress report on South Australia's Promoting Independence strategy
I am not here to present South Australia's government as having achieved the last word in access and inclusion for people with disabilities, any more than this report itself seeks to claim that the task is finished. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008 - Appendix 3
The recommendations put forward in this report cover an extraordinarily wide spectrum. Many will require considerable detailed development and negotiation before they can be put into place.
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