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Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
History of the Commission
The Australian Human Rights Commission (formerly known as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) was established on 10 December 1986 (International Human Rights Day) as Australia’s national human rights watchdog. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmissions to parliaments and law reform bodies - Index by Committee
The Commission seeks to promote and protect human rights through submissions to parliamentary inquiries, government departments and law reform bodies. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2001: Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment (‘mandatory sentencing’) and Indigenous people
On 13 April 2000, the Senate requested the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to inquire into all aspects of the agreement between the Northern Territory Government and the Commonwealth regarding the Territory’s mandatory sentencing regime; the consistency of mandatory sentencing regimes with Australia’s international human rights obligations; and Western Australia’s… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012SpeechBuilding an Australia Fit for Children: Dr Sev Ozdowski (2001)
Keynote presentation delivered at the 8th National Conference of the Association for the Welfare of Child Health (AWCH) - "Children on the margin: addressing the health care needs of marginalised children and young people", 11 October 2001, Dr Sev Ozdowski -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
"The child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding". -
Rights and Freedoms
18 November 2014Speech
Fraser Lecture 2014
Professor Gillian Triggs President Australian Human Rights Commission Fraser Lecture Canberra Check against delivery Thank you Dr Andrew Leigh for your invitation and introduction. It is an honour to be here in your electorate of Fraser in north Canberra. I would like to acknowledge that we meet on the land of the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their elders, past and present. As we… -
1 August 2014Book page
Chapter 1: The case for addressing workplace discrimination related to pregnancy, parental leave and on return to work after parental leave
In summary Discrimination related to pregnancy and on return to work after parental leave is a systemic and widespread issue that places an economic impost on employers and organisations and on the Australian economy – particularly to the extent that it contributes to women’s under-participation or withdrawal from the workforce. There is a clear business imperative to address such… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech
Response to Dr Alison Broinowski: Dr Sev Ozdowski, OAM (2005)
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we stand, the Eora People, and pay my respects to their elders both past and present. -
4 February 2015Book page
4 An overview of the children in detention
4.1 Nationalities of the children in detention 4.2 Reasons for seeking asylum 4.3 Age of children in detention 4.4 Unaccompanied children 4.5 When did the children arrive in Australia? 4.6 How long are children kept in detention? 4.7 Movement of children across the detention network 4.8 Mental health and wellbeing of children in detention 4.9 Detention is a dangerous place 4.10 Rates of self… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1. The provisions made by Australia to implement its international human rights obligations regarding child asylum seekers, including unaccompanied minors. -
14 December 2012Book page
Young people in the workplace: Introduction - rightsED
Young people in the workplace contains a series of activities and resources to help students explore the issues around workplace discrimination. The activities help students to draw comparisons between the dramatised workplace issues and their personal experiences by looking at how concepts of difference, discrimination and harassment may operate in their daily lives. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Launch of Broken Glass, Unbroken Memories
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and future. -
Commission – General
13 August 2015Webpage
Senate file listing: 1 Jan 2015 - 30 June 2015
see previous SENATE FILE LIST – AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1 JANUARY 2015 – 30 JUNE 2015 FileId: 2013/18-5 Create Date 19-Jan-2015 Name: SEX DISCRIMINATION COMMISSIONER: INVITATIONS ACCEPTED Title: COMMUNITY RELATIONS - SDU ENQUIRIES FileId: 2013/19-5 Create Date 19-Jan-2015 Name: SEX DISCRIMINATION COMMISSIONER: AG, MINISTERIAL AND Title: MP CORRESPONDENCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - SDU… -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Commissioners: DR SEV OZDOWSKI, Human Rights Commissioner MRS ROBIN SULLIVAN, Queensland Children's Commissioner PROFESSOR TRANG THOMAS, Professor of Psychology, Melbourne Institute of Technology MS VANESSA LESNIE, Secretary to the Inquiry -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Older workers tend to develop their own coping strategies (such as pacing, anticipation, planning and organisation) as they age, and these strategies may help them to reduce their injury risk. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2001-2002: Chapter 8
The term of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Halliday, expired on 26 April 2001 and the federal Attorney - General, the Hon. Daryl Williams, AM, QC, MP announced the appointment of Ms Pru Goward as Sex Discrimination Commissioner for a five-year term on 29 June 2001. Ms Goward commenced her appointment on 30 July 2001. In the interim, the President acted as Sex Discrimination… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Strategies to address discrimination to build a more inclusive country
I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora people, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respects to their elders. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Opinion pieceMental health problem is clear, so is the solution (2005)
THE LAUNCH this week of a new report on Australia 's crumbling mental health system repeats the message that mental health consumers, their carers and their clinicians have been shouting out for years - Australia 's mental health system is in crisis. -
Age Discrimination
18 November 2013SpeechWhitehorse Accessible Communication Forum
Whitehorse City Council 9:30am-11:00am Whitehorse Centre Waratah Room, 397 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading, VIC 3131 Introduction Acknowledge traditional owners – the Wurundjeri people Acknowledge the Mayor of the City of Whitehorse – Cr Sharon Ellis Thank you for inviting me to speak at your Accessible Communication Forum. I congratulate you on choosing this topic. Accessibility is a crucial… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Launch: Not for Service
In such company my role as Human Rights Commissioner is not to speak as an expert on mental health, but to emphasise the human rights dimensions of the way that we as a nation respond to mental health issues.