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Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechTEDICORE Think Tank on Accessible Mobile Telecommunications
Read a speech about the importance of access to mobile telecommunications for people with a disability given by the Commission at the TEDICORE Think Tank. -
14 December 2012Book page
2008 Immigration detention report - Summary of Observations following the Inspection of Mainland Immigration Detention Facilities
This report contains a summary of observations by the Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Graeme Innes AM, and staff of the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) following visits to Australia’s immigration detention facilities, and to people in community detention, between June and September 2008. The contents of the report are based on direct observations made during the… -
Sex Discrimination
12 September 2018SpeechNational Press Club: Everyone's Business: 2018 Sexual Harassment Survey
Kate Jenkins CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Change takes time In my role as Sex Discrimination Commissioner, many people tell me to be patient. They tell me that change takes time and generational change will eliminate sexual harassment. The next generation will… -
Children's Rights
29 November 2016PublicationChildren's Rights Report 2016
This report outlines work the National Children's Commissioner has undertaken throughout 2015-16 to promote the human rights of children and young people in Australia. The main focus of the report is the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the context of children and young people detained in youth justice centres or adult facilities -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013WebpageNon-diminution of rights
Learn how human rights and freedoms are protected under Australian and international law and that there are limited situations where they can be infringed. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
31 July 2018PublicationAustralian Human Rights Commission Inspection of Perth Immigration Detention Centre: Report (2018)
This report contains an overview of key observations and concerns arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Perth Immigration Detention Centre (PIDC) in August 2017. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechEssentials for Social Justice: The Future
I begin by paying my respects to the Kaurna peoples, the traditional owners of the land where we gather today, I pay my respects to your elders, to the ancestors and to those who have come before us, And thank you, for your generous welcome to country for all of us. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012WebpageSocial Media Policy
The Australian Human Rights Commission engages in social media to promote discussion and debate on human rights issues. We welcome feedback and suggestions, and endeavor to respond to messages. We ask that the conversation on our pages is tolerant of other people’s views. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageNational Human Rights Consultation
Learn how Australia has committed to a greater emphasis on human rights education under the World Program for Human Rights Education. -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012Speech
Peeling the inequality onion
This paper considers national and international legislative and other provisions regarding equality for women in the labour market. Australia ranks second to Sweden in terms of pay equity. It is argued that over the last two decades of global shifts to labour market decentralism and deregulation, Australian women have fared relatively well. Three fundamental reasons stand out: -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2001: Chapter Two: Resourcing Equality
The recognition and protection of native title and the participation of Indigenous people in decisions affecting their land are critical priorities within a human rights framework. -
14 December 2012Book page
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Fact Sheet 2: Key features 1 The Declaration affirms that indigenous peoples make a unique contribution to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitutes the common heritage of humankind. The Declaration promotes and enhances the plurality of societies. The Declaration is of utmost importance to combat… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
We must face up to our humanitarian responsibilities to accept refugee children and their families. We must take them out of the immigration detention centres and welcome them into the community where they can play, learn and grow. At least then when our children look back on this time and ask us what we did to stand up for refugee kids, we can say we gave them their childhood." (Calvert,… -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Discussion paper
This is an Inquiry into discrimination against same-sex couples regarding access to financial and work-related entitlements and benefits. Many of Australia’s laws exclude same-sex couples from financial and work-related entitlements and benefits that are enjoyed by heterosexual couples. For example, same-sex couples do not enjoy the same tax and health concessions as other de facto couples… -
14 December 2012Book page
Report No. 42: Mr KL v State of NSW - Report into discrimination in employment
Pursuant to s 31(b)(ii) of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth), I attach my report of an inquiry into the complaint made by Mr KL of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record by the NSW Department of Education. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Although it is not possible to precisely specify all the circumstance that lead people to arrive in Australia through people smuggling routes, there can be no doubt that they undertake perilous journeys which put their lives and that of accompanying family members at risk. Given the very high rates of approval for those who have sought asylum in Australia through these routes, it is reasonable to… -
Disability Rights
6 October 2016Opinion piece
The NDIS: delivering results, delivering equality and even delivering your coffee
Getting a morning coffee on the way to work is a ritual many of us take for granted. Not Jeremy, who is a young man with a communication disability. The thought of not only being able to order coffee, but run a business, was a pipe dream. Until the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) arrived in Lake Macquarie. The NDIS created an opportunity for Jeremy to start communicating for the… -
Rights and Freedoms
24 May 2013Webpage
Communications raising ICCPR Article 10
Brough v Australia (2006) Views of Committee in Word and PDF Government response in Word and PDF Aboriginal youth with intellectual disability and suicidal thoughts detained in isolation in adult prison including 24 hours a day lighting. Human rights violations found regarding articles 10 and 24. Claim by Australia that domestic remedies not exhausted, rejected in detail. Cabal and Pasini v … -
Employers11 February 2015Webpage
A quick guide to Australian discrimination laws
Explore key information about Australia's anti-discrimination laws for employers. -
Disability Rights
17 December 2013Opinion piece
Wooden escalators just aren't cricket
My dog goes with me everywhere - on trains buses and planes, into my doctors surgery, and the nice restaurants to which my wife entices me. She's a guide dog mate. But there are two places she does not go- in two of the busiest railway stations in Sydney. The wooden "heritage" escalators at Town Hall and Wynyard. Why doesn't she go there? Because of the risk of injury to her paws in the wide…