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14 December 2012WebpageSUBMISSION to the Parliamentary Joint Committee
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("HREOC") is established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It is Australia's pre-eminent body for the protection of human rights. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in its Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011. -
14 December 2012Book page
Our agenda: Commission workplan 2012-2013
Human rights are our entitlements to have our dignity and worth as human beings recognised. We all have them, we all want them recognised in our friends and families, and we all have responsibilities to recognise them in others. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
14 August 2014SpeechSister Clare Condon - Sanctioned Violence: What does it do to our society and relationships?
I acknowledge the Gadagal People of the Aora nation on whose land we meet. I pay my respects to the elders past and present. I come here today as an ordinary citizen. I am not an academic, nor a lawyer. I am simply a concerned citizen. There are many nuances to the meaning of the word violence. It is about violating another; abusing and damaging; often about the abuse of power. It is… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Date Index - Submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament and law reform bodies
Submissions to the Parliaments and law reform bodies Date Index On the instructions of the Commission, another function of the Legal Section is to prepare submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament. See below for some of the submissions prepared by the Legal Section and other units in the commission: See also Submissions sorted by committee sorted by subject other submissions 2018 -
Commission – General
10 August 2017WebpageSenate File Listing - 1 January 2017 – 30 June 2017
see previous SENATE FILE LIST FOR AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1 JANUARY 2017 – 30 JUNE 2017 File Id File Name Create Date 2014/143-2 2014 INQUIRY INTO CHILDREN IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH PUBLIC HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE - HRU PUBLIC INQUIRIES 2017-04-13 2014/143-3 2014 INQUIRY INTO CHILDREN IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION - GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH PUBLIC HUMAN… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Mandatory immigration detention of children in Australia: how far have we come and where to from here? (2010)
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respect to their elders past and present. -
Disability Rights
29 September 2016SpeechEqual before the law? How the criminal justice system is failing people with disability
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respect to their elders past and present. I am delighted to be here today to deliver the 2016 Annual Costello Lecture. Last year, the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, delivered a lecture on business and human rights, proposing that the corporate world is both a cause and… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012SpeechDIALOGUE AUSTRALASIA NETWORK NATIONAL CONFERENCE
I would like to open today by reading you part of an e-mail that a work colleague of mine received recently from a young Australian woman in her early twenties, who recently completed her Bachelor of Communications degree from UTS in Sydney. As it happens she also holds Polish citizenship and is currently visiting her grandparents in Warsaw. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the Expert seminar on Indigenous Peoples and the administration of justice (2003)
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… -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012PublicationReport: Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women
In April 2012, the current UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, including its causes and consequences, Ms Rashida Manjoo, accepted an invitation to conduct a study tour to Australia. This was the first visit to Australia ever undertaken by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women -
Children's Rights
11 November 2014SpeechChild Protection: Every Child’s Right
Megan MitchellNational Children’s Commissioner National Child Protection WeekBreakfast LaunchTuesday 9 September Introduction Thank you, Charlie and Zac, and good morning everyone. I’m delighted to be here this morning to help launch National Child Protection Week and to present the NAPCAN Play Your Part Award. Can I start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we are… -
Commission – General
9 April 2013Publication
Our agenda: Commission workplan 2012-2013
This document provides an overview of the Commission’s major activities for 2012-13. The Commission regularly reviews the ways in which human rights are being observed and respected across Australia. We do this to determine where we can take practical action and make a positive difference. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 13
Lots of white kids do get taken away, but that's for a reason - not like us. We just got taken away because we was black kids, I suppose - half-caste kids. If they wouldn't like it, they shouldn't do it to Aboriginal families. Confidential evidence 357, South Australia. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Publication
Implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture : Options for Australia
A report to the Australian Human Rights Commission by Professors Richard Harding and Neil Morgan (Centre for Law and Public Policy, The University of Western Australia) -
Children's Rights
12 November 2014Speech
Protected and safe: a child’s right, our responsibility
Megan MitchellNational Children’s Commissioner National Child Protection WeekGala Dinner – Alice SpringsThursday 11 September Introduction Thank you, Jade and Jacob and good evening everyone. I’m delighted to be here tonight as part of National Child Protection Week. Can I start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting today, the Arrentre – Arrunda - people… -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 9 Juveniles
Explore a report prepared for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission into the deaths in custody of Indigenous juveniles. -
14 December 2012Book page
5 Focused age assessment interviews
Focused age assessment interviews can be a useful technique for assessing age. Interviews of this kind have been used in Australia in a range of different ways since late 2010. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 July 2013Webpage
The Commission's role
Asylum seekers, refugees and people in immigration detention Over the last decade the Commission has worked to promote and protect the human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and people in immigration detention. This work has included: i nvestigating complaints about alleged breaches of human rights in immigration detention conducting visits to immigration detention facilities and… -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC - Annual Report 2001 - 2002: Chapter 2: Complaint Handling Section
The Complaint Handling Section had a productive year investigating and conciliating complaints of alleged discrimination and human rights breaches; providing information to the public about federal anti-discrimination and human rights law through its Complaint Information Service and community education and liaison program; and providing complaint investigation and resolution skills training to…