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Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Prescribed Bodies Corporate Submission, January 2006
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Legal14 December 2012Webpage
SAGE: Submission to Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in NT
Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission May 2003 The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has also made a submission to this inquiry. To access that submission click here. Introduction 1… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Inquest 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… -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Publication
"Facilitator or Advisor?: A discussion of conciliator intervention in the resolution of disputes under Australian human rights and anti-discrimination law" (2004)
State and federal anti-discrimination & human rights law in Australia, as in many other countries2, provides for the resolution of complaints of discrimination and breaches of human rights by a process of conciliation. Conciliation is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism for parties to complaints in that it is an 'alternative' to more formal determination of the dispute by a court or… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to Court as Intervener and Amicus Curiae
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) has sought leave to appear as amicus curiae in the hearing of both appeal proceedings. The Commission does not argue for a particular outcome in the appeal, but rather seeks to identify the relevant principles of law as they apply to the appeal for the assistance of the Court. -
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: -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
WORK AND FAMILY TEST CASE
The supporting material listed below is now available from HREOC at the request of the AIRC or the parties. It is intended that relevant parts of this material will be provided with final submissions. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 6 - Practice and Procedure
Chapter 6 Practice and Procedure Back to index Download Chapter 6 in PDF [555 KB] Download Chapter 6 in Word [556 KB] 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Role of the special purpose commissioners as amicus curiae 6.2 Parties to a complaint to HREOC 6.2.1 Complainants (a) ‘A person aggrieved’ (b) Bodies corporate (i) Can a body corporate be a ‘person aggrieved’? (ii) Determining whether the ‘person… -
Sex Discrimination14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Chapter 4
It is simple to remove discrimination against same-sex couples in laws conferring financial and work-related benefits: amend the definitions describing a couple to include same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike.