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Rights and Freedoms
15 March 2013SpeechHuman Rights from a religious viewpoint (with particular reference to religious liberty)
Ronald Wilson President Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission World Conference on Religion and Peace2 February 1991 Monash UniversitySpeech notes Synopsis: I. Introduction II. United Nations Charter III. The Universal Declaration 1. Place of religious freedom among human rights (a) A matter of individual opinion? (b) A social and political right IV. The 1966 Covenants Freedom of… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechAn update on the work of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
I would like to acknowledge the Larrakia people on whose traditional land we meet today. I would also like to thank the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission for hosting this event at such short notice. What I plan to do today is to talk briefly about a few of the issues which are currently on HREOC’s agenda. The first issue is HREOC’s Same-Sex Same Entitlements Inquiry. -
14 December 2012Book page
2. Inquiry Methodology
The Inquiry has been committed to hearing from all parties in the Australian community who have been involved with the immigration detention of children. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageConsideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) in its consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012WebpageWorld Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes ver 4.1 (2014)
Access for people with a disability to the web can in almost all cases be readily achieved if best-practice solutions are implemented. A complaint of disability discrimination is much less likely to succeed if reasonable steps have been taken to address accessibility during the design stage. -
Disability Rights
2 May 2016Publication
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination
Learn how the right to work is a fundamental human right, though one that many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy. -
Disability Rights
18 August 2015Publication
Reflections - first 5 years of the Disability Discrimination Act
As I reach the end of my appointment as the first Disability Discrimination Commissioner, and in the light of proposed structural and funding changes to the Commission, I am drawn to reflect upon the theory and practice, challenges and developments, lessons and achievements, of the first five years of operation of the Disability Discrimination Act, and to look towards directions for the next five… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Rights, hearts and minds: Towards a national culture of Human Rights (2012)
I wish to start this evening by acknowledging the Kaurna people of the Adelaide plains. On behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, I pay my respects to their elders past and present and extend a special welcome to any member of the Kaurna people present at this event held on their traditional lands. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Strengthening Human Rights Education in the National School Curriculum
Read this speech by the Hon Catherine Branson QC on strengthening human rights education in the national school curriculum. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Deafness Forum Hearing Access Seminar
I always like to begin my presentations with a humorous anecdote or joke of some kind. For one thing, it lets me know that someone is actually listening, and it also lulls the audience into a false sense of security for the dry parts to follow. So as part of my preparation for this morning's discussion of disability discrimination law in Australia, I decided to find an answer to the important… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Applying Human Rights in Closed Environments: Practical Observations on Monitoring and Oversight (2012)
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, and I pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Physical Disability Council of NSW AGM presentation (2009)
Thank you Anne-Mason and Ruth for this invitation to address your AGM on health access issues, and in particular access to height adjustable examination beds in primary health care facilities. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Innes: ‘Signing up'
Graeme Innes AM, Human Rights Commissioner and Commissioner Responsible for Disability Discrimination Deafness Forum Conference, Canberra, 24 May 2008. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
TEDICORE Think Tank on Accessible Mobile Telecommunications
Read a speech about the importance of access to mobile telecommunications for people with a disability given by the Commission at the TEDICORE Think Tank. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) provides this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (‘the Committee’) in its inquiry into the Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006 (‘the Bill’). -
25 September 2018Webpage
Culture & diversity
Learn how the Commission supports a diverse workforce and understands that a positive workplace culture is key to any effective organisation. -
11 February 2014Book page
3 Police, courts and corrections – the issues
3.1 General findings In our consultations the Commission received information from people with disabilities and their advocates, support services in the community and in government and people in the police, courts and the custody and release system. The Commission also received many submissions and held a number of meetings with community members and public officials who work in or with the … -
24 September 2018Webpage
Guidelines & eligibility
Learn how the Human Rights Commission values inclusivity and diversity and seeks to employ people who will support and model the behaviours we promote. -
1 August 2014Book page
Chapter 2: Results of the National Prevalence Survey
In summary Mothers Survey Discrimination in the workplace against mothers is pervasive. One in two mothers reported experiencing discrimination at some point during pregnancy, parental leave or on return to work. Discrimination is experienced in many different forms ranging from negative attitudes in the workplace through to job loss. 32% of all mothers who were discriminated against at some… -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Social Justice Report 2002: Indigenous women and corrections - A Landscape of Risk
a) Rates of incarceration of Indigenous women b) Recidivism rates among Indigenous women c) Types of crime committed by Indigenous women d) Over-policing e) Sentencing patterns for Indigenous women f) Characteristics of Indigenous women who are imprisoned