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Commission - General5 August 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)
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We have heard the words human rights quite a lot in recent weeks, in varied and sometimes inaccurate settings. Measures to protect our health and safety must be balanced with our rights and freedoms, but if there was ever a time to articulate where that line is, it would be now. Which is why last week, I took the step of writing a piece for a mainstream publication. While the pandemic… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996
1.1 The majority of amendments contained in the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996 ("the Bill") draw on the work of a Review Committee established in September 1993 comprising members of the Attorney-General's Department, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("HREOC") and the Department of Finance. The purpose of the review was a broad ranging… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Prescribed Bodies Corporate Submission, January 2006
Learn about the submission on prescribed bodies corporate. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
CERD: Concluding observations - Australian 2005
Information concerning Australia and the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION Concluding observations of the Committee on AUSTRALIA CERD/C/AUS/CO/14 March 2005 COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Sixty-sixth session 21 February -… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons Offences) Bill 2004
Your letter of 10 February 2005 invited the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ('the Commission') to make submissions to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee ('the Committee') on the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons) Bill 2004 ('the Bill'). -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Information about the Amicus Curiae role
Information about the Amicus Curiae role The Commissioners of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission have the function of assisting the Federal Court or Federal Magistrates Service as amicus curiae in discrimination matters. An amicus curiae is a "friend to the court" who assists the court on points of law in a particular case. Amicus are generally not parties to the proceedings,… -
Commission - General14 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… -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Freedom 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,… -
Legal14 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… -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 1: The Commission. Annual Report 2006-2007.
HREOC is a national independent statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It has a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three persons.
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