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14 December 2012WebpageR v Cheung
HIS HONOUR: The accused Cheung Ying Lun also known as Garry Cheung is to stand trial in this court on 15 February 1993 upon an indictment charging that between 1 August 1988 and 12 May 1989 he was knowingly concerned in the importation into Australia of a quantity of heroin exceeding the commercial quantity. -
Commission - General
10 July 2025WebpageSenate File Listing 1 January 2025 - 30 June 2025
Senate File List for the Australian Human Rights Commission for 1 January 2025 – 30 June 2025 Created Date Site Name Folder Name 2025-05-08 ABF Partnership Workplan timeline supporting docs 2025-05-27 ABF Partnership Participant engagement templates 2025-06-03 ABF Partnership 003. Governance_Meetings 2025-02-17 ABF Partnership 005. Project Planning 2025-01-20 ABF Partnership 009. Desktop… -
Commission - General
31 March 2025Webpage
Senate File Listing: 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023
Senate File List for the Australian Human Rights Commission for 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023 See previous Created Date SiteName Title 2023-09-18 ABF Partnership 002. Correspondence 2023-08-08 ABF Partnership 006. Communications Strategy 2023-09-12 ABF Partnership 010. Research Data 2023-10-12 ABF Partnership 011. Analysis and report 2023-10-31 ABF Partnership 011. Analysis and Report 2023… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 May 2023Publication
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Youth Statement 2023
At the historic Wiyi Yani U Thangani, Women’s Voices Summit, we the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Youth Forum representatives share with you Our Youth Statement - Strength from the past and our vision for the future. To our First Nations Matriarchs we say thank you. It is your hands that have held us, nurtured us and empowered us. You have paved the way for the opportunities that… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Prescribed Bodies Corporate Submission, January 2006
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Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013WebpageFreedom of information, opinion and expression
The UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on 16 December 1966. ICCPR Article 19 states: Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers,… -
Commission - General
14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2008-2009: Australian Human Rights Commission
This is my first annual report as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Since commencing my five-year term in October of last year, the people with whom I have met, the stories that I have listened to, and the community centres and immigration detention facilities that I have visited have strengthened my resolve to encourage a better understanding of the place of human rights in… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006 (Cth)
Provide input on the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Inquiry into Multiculturalism in Australia (2011)
Inquiry into Multiculturalism in Australia Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration 29 April 2011 Download in PDF [536KB] Download in Word [222KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Recommendations 3 Multiculturalism, social inclusion and human rights 4 Settlement and participation 5 National productive capacity 1 Introduction The Australian… -
Rights and Freedoms
5 November 2020Speech
Do we have the necessary legal grammar to talk human rights?
We’re all talking human rights—but do we have the necessary legal grammar for them? Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Acknowledgement Chief Justice, Justices, Masters and Registrars, good morning. Thank you to Justice Paul Tottle for the invitation to speak with you today. I’m sorry I can’t be with you in 3D, but WA once again has distanced itself from the rest of Australia in closing … -
14 December 2012Book page
Woman of the World - What are Human Rights?
Woman of the World - Know Your International Human Rights Preface What are human rights? What is the United Nations? The UN: Protecting the rights of woman What is CEDAW Australia's signing of CEDAW A guide to the rights in CEDAW CEDAW and the Sex Discrimination Act The Optional Protocol to CEDAW What about Beijing? What can you do: The public sphere What can you do: Private actions Human…