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Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013WebpageFair trial and fair hearing rights
Learn how under human rights law, all Australians are entitled to an independent and impartial public hearing in all court and tribunal proceedings. -
5 February 2015Book page
12 Children in detention on Nauru
12.1 Accommodation 12.2 Facilities 12.3 Provision of clothing and footwear 12.4 Recreation and play 12.5 Education 12.6 Security measures 12.7 Policy guiding the transfer of children to Nauru 12.8 Impact of detention on children 12.9 Transfer of unaccompanied children 12.10 Child protection and allegations of abuse 12.11 Health services 12.12 Republic of Nauru Hospital 12.13 Mental health… -
Disability Rights
6 October 2016Opinion pieceThe 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… -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Case study 2 - rightsED
The complainant, who was originally from Serbia, was employed as a van driver for an Australian Government statutory authority. The complainant alleged that his supervisor made offensive comments about Serbians to him and to others while he was present. For example, the supervisor is alleged to have made comments such as "He is a Serb and Serbs make ethnic cleansing, He might kill you"… -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 7 - rightsED
Discover an educational activity that explores issues of diversity and equality in your favourite novel, film, poem, song or English textbook. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Appendix 3 - Freedom of Information
During 2007-08, HREOC received six initial requests for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act. HREOC was also asked to conduct an internal review of one of those decisions. -
14 December 2012Book page
Young Muslim Women’s Short Animation Film Project
This community cultural development project has brought together an ethnically-diverse group of young Muslim women to develop creative expression and skills in all aspects of digital animation to produce a short animation film. -
14 December 2012Book page
“Standing up for basic rights and freedoms”
These values provide the cornerstone of strong communities in which everyone, regardless of their background, can feel included and make a contribution. -
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… -
Children's Rights
20 November 2014SpeechChildren's Rights in a Changing World
Megan MitchellNational Children's CommissionerAustralian Human Rights Commission Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference 201420 August 2014 Check Against Delivery Introduction Thank you, Stephen, and good afternoon everyone. Can I start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting today, and paying my respects to their elders past and present. I’d… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageINQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF SCOTT SIMPSON
1.2 These written submissions are made by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) pursuant to its functions relating to human rights under section 11(1) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (‘HREOC Act’).[1] In these submissions, the Commission sets out the human rights issues surrounding the incarceration and… -
Sex Discrimination
6 March 2015Project
Collaboration for Cultural Reform in Defence
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) collaborates with Defence to support and improve Defence’s cultural reform priorities -
24 May 2013Webpage
Submissions raising ICCPR Article 10
Examination of the Migration (Regional Processing) package of legislation - January 2013Human rights discussed: ICCPR Articles 2.1, 2.2, 7, 9.1, 9.4, 14, 17, 23, 26; ICESCR Articles 6, 11; CRC Articles 2, 3.1, 8.1, 10.1, 20, 22,37.b; CAT Articles 3, 16 Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - December 2012Human rights discussed: ICCPR Articles 6, 7,… -
14 December 2012Book page
Questions and Answers About Refugees & Asylum Seekers
According to the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (also called the Refugee Convention), a refugee is someone who is outside their own country and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of their: -
Children's Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Children and young people
In the 2006, there were 6.64 million people living in Australia under the age of 25. This is about one third of the population.[26] In June 2009 there were 4.19 million children under 15 years of age, almost 20% of the total population. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
A brief guide to the Disability Discrimination Act
For more detail you can go to the Commission's complaint information pages, frequently asked questions materials, decisions in complaint cases, and standards and guidelines materials, available on our internet site or in other formats on request -
Technology and Human Rights
25 September 2013Publication
Background Paper: Human Rights in Cyberspace
Learn more about how human rights are being actively engaged in digital environments and technologies. -
27 February 2017Book page
Conclusion
The customer centricity movement is big business. So much so that the Harvard Business Review devoted two recent editions to answering these headline question: 'What does your customer really want?’ (2016) and ‘How to win and keep customers’ (2017). The esteemed authors wrote about pricing, product/service quality, data, innovation, habits, prototyping and storytelling. Each of these is… -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Many of my clients (while I was working as a Child and Adolescent Counsellor with STARTTS June 2000 - January 2002) refused to talk about their experiences in Australian Immigration Detention Centres. In addition, several mothers only let me see their children for counselling on the condition that I not raise their Australian Detention experiences as it would distress them too much and they do… -
Rights and Freedoms
3 May 2013Webpage
Nature of obligations regarding economic, social and cultural rights
Learn how our human rights are protected under the law and can only be altered by the state in the case of a national emergency and only within reason.