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Commission - General
22 January 2025SpeechStatement: Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities
Commission President Hugh de Kretser's opening statement to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities. -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Resource sheet 5 - human rights education
Back to Voices of Australia Voices of Australia - Resource sheet 5 [Download PDF or Word] Protection of human rights in Australia Key words Federal system : a political system in which governmental power is shared between a central or federal government having power over the whole country, and regional governments having power over their respective regions. The Australian federal system… -
14 December 2012Book page
A last resort? - Summary Guide: Major findings and recommendations
The Inquiry has found that Australian laws that require the mandatory immigration detention of children, and the way these laws are administered by the Commonwealth, have resulted in numerous and repeated breaches of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012PublicationNorfolk Island's Immigration Act and human rights
During 1997-98, in response to four complaints, the Commission conducted an inquiry into Norfolk Island's Immigration Act 1980. Norfolk Island is a territory of the Commonwealth and the only inhabited external territory not covered by the Commonwealth's Migration Act 1958. -
14 December 2012Book page
Woman of the World - A guide to the rights in CEDAW
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 In… -
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… -
14 December 2012Book page
Human Rights 21: Resolving Discrimination Fairly
It can mean losing a job or getting passed over for an interview, being excluded from a venue, being abused on the street for how you look or feeling intimidated by a boss who won’t take no for an answer. -
14 December 2012Book page
An age of uncertainty - Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children (2012)
An age of uncertainty Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children July 2012 Download Complete report PDF (4.54 MB) Complete report Word (679 KB) Contents Foreword Glossary of Terms Executive Summary Recommendations Chapter 1: Introduction and background Chapter 2: Biomedical markers and the assessment of chronological age… -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013Webpage
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief
Back to rights and freedoms: right by right Article 18 | Human Rights Committee General Comment | Commission work | More information | Comments Article 18 Article 18 of the ICCPR states: Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in … -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
6 November 2017WebpageJoin the conversation
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar invites all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls (12 – 17 years) to join the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) conversation. The Commissioner and her team will be travelling throughout Australia to speak directly with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and from February 2018 to…