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Commission – General
11 April 2013ProjectWhat is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights outlines fundamental rights and freedoms for all. Learn more about its impact and significance. -
Commission – General
12 June 2020Webpage
Information for Commission Suppliers - modern slavery and human rights
On this page are resources for our suppliers about: the issue of modern slavery in global supply chains Australia’s new Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) our Responsible Sourcing Policy and what is means for our suppliers Factsheet for Suppliers The Modern Slavery Act and your business The purpose of this Factsheet is to raise awareness amongst suppliers to the Australian Human Rights Commission… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Appendix 6
Trustee interests: All interests involving trusteeship by the local government, or which gave rise to the rights or powers of management and control by the local government, in relation to land or waters in the claim area; -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Appendix 10
Native Title Report 2007 back to contents Appendix 10 Acronyms Entities AGM: annual general meeting AIATSIS: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ALRC: Australian Law Reform Commission ASIC: Australian Securities and Investments Commission CDEP: community development employment project CERD: International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 February 2015Opinion pieceWe must keep striving to close the gap in Indigenous health
"Just in the last week, three of my closest friends and a relative have been diagnosed with cancer. This is not an uncommon story, to be – as a community – constantly in grief, loss and trauma." These words, from Janine Mohamed, chief executive of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, will be familiar to our communities across Australia. As will her… -
14 December 2012Book page
Select Bibliography on Rural and Remote Education in Australia
This bibliography has been prepared by the Rural Education, Research and Development Centre, Townsville, Qld according to guidelines established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to assist in its inquiry into aspects of rural and remote school education provision in Australia. It attempts to include highly relevant, more recent, seminal, theoretical and policy-oriented… -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Explore an appendix of government-implemented abbreviations in relation to a report in to Indigenous Deaths in Custody. -
Education14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights Explained: Defining Human Rights
Defining human rights: Learn about the principles, legal frameworks, and international instruments that protect human dignity and equality. Explore the basics with this fact sheet. -
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. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechInnes: ‘Signing up'
Graeme Innes AM, Human Rights Commissioner and Commissioner Responsible for Disability Discrimination Deafness Forum Conference, Canberra, 24 May 2008. -
Age Discrimination
3 March 2020Project
Age Discrimination in Employment
The right to work is a fundamental human right, but one that far too many older people in Australia do not enjoy. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Presentation to Productivity Commission DDA review hearing
We would like to begin by emphasising the limited role of discrimination law - that is, we agree to some extent with comments by ACCI that equality cannot be achieved solely by providing stronger antidiscrimination legal provisions. -
14 December 2012Book page
Close the Gap - Part 1 Background
COAG today agreed to a partnership between all levels of government to work with Indigenous communities to achieve the target of closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage. COAG committed to: -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageAustralia the Healthiest Country by 2020
The Commission would like to commend the government on its commitment to achieving a healthier nation by 2020, and for its actions in this area including COAG reforms to state/territory health funding agreements. -
Education8 April 2016Webpage
Join a Human Rights Group
There are many organisations within Australia that promote social justice and human rights issues. Some even have programs that are specifically designed for younger people. Listed below are a few of the organisations worth checking out. Amnesty International Amnesty International is an advocacy group that regularly campaigns on a range of issues designed to protect and defend human rights… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Staff in the Social Policy and Advocacy Research Centre, and the Youth Studies Flagship at the Australian Catholic University welcome the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's initiative in establishing an inquiry into children in Australia's immigration detention centres. -
14 December 2012Book page
Encourage. Support. Act! - Acknowledgements
Paula McDonald is an Associate Professor in the School of Management at the Queensland University of Technology. Her research addresses a number of areas relevant to social justice issues at work, including sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based discrimination, the early work experiences of young people and work-life boundaries. Paula has published several studies in the area of… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquest into the death of Mr Ward (2009)
the provisions of an international convention to which Australia is a party can also serve as an indication of the value placed by Australia on the rights provided for in the convention and, therefore, as indicative of contemporary values.[7] -
Rights and Freedoms
4 March 2023Publication
A National Human Rights Act for Australia
Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a national act or charter of rights that explains what people’s basic rights are and how they can be protected. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1. In Beijing in 1995 the Australian government was one of 73 governments that made commitments for national action during their plenary speeches at the Beijing Conference.