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31 January 2013Webpage
1999 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners
The 1999 Medal and Awards presentation ceremony was held on 10 December 1999 at a luncheon in the James Cook Ballroom, Hotel Inter-Continental in Sydney. Special guest was the Attorney-General the Hon. Daryl Williams AM QC MP and the guest speaker was film maker Paul Cox. Christina Koutsoukos was the MC. The judges were: Doug Anderson, Michael Antrum, The Hon. Justice Catherine Branson,… -
29 January 2013Book page
Bibliography
Acting Commonwealth and Defence Force Ombudsman, Australian Defence Force: Management of Complaints about Unacceptable Behaviour,Report No 04 (2007). Army JROTC Cadet Reference, Leadership Education & Training, 2 nd ed. Headquarters Army Command. At www.dimondjrotc.org/cadet_reference.pdf(viewed 23 June 2011). Australian Army, ADFA Army Single Service Training. At http://www.army.gov.au… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSummary of Interventions by the Australian Human Rights Commission
Summary of Interventions by the Australian Human Rights Commission Updated 11 December 2009 Download PDF (100 kb) Word (181 kb) YEAR NO. OF CASES NAME OF CASE SUBJECT MATTER OF CASE COURT 1988 1. Re A Teenager (1988) 94 FLR 181 Family Law – Sterilisation of a young woman with a disability Family Court 2. Re Jane Family Law – Sterilisation of person with disability – whether parents require… -
14 December 2012Book page
Woman of the World - What is CEDAW?
;Ultimately we have to be judged not by our highest ambitions and achievements, but by our ability to raise from the lowest level those whose needs that are greatest. That is the way I would like Australia, and every other country, to be judged in the United Nations." -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechSite navigation
Set against the wreckage and the unthinkable horror of the Second World War, the Declaration was something of a phoenix rising from the ashes, a document which sought to rekindle a human dignity which had been gravely debased in the preceding ten years. -
Age Discrimination
20 May 2016PublicationEuthanasia, human rights and the law
This issues paper explores voluntary euthanasia by looking at the domestic regulatory environment in comparison to relevant international laws. It concludes with a human rights-based analysis of voluntary euthanasia and some commentary on the practice informed by human rights principles. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Settlement services through the looking glass of human rights
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal peoples, and pay my respect to their elders past and present. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Proposed minor native title amendments (2009)
You are all aware of the cultural, linguistic and historical factors that impact upon Indigenous people’s interaction with the legal system. Such factors that include: -
16 May 2013Webpage
Submissions raising ICCPR Article 7
Manus Island Regional Processing Centre Proposal (April 2013) Examination of the Migration (Regional Processing) package of legislation - January 2013Human rights discussed: ICCPR Articles 2.1, 2.2, 7, 9.1, 9.4, 14, 17, 23, 26; ICESCR Articles 6, 11; CRC Articles 2, 3.1, 8.1, 10.1, 20, 22,37.b; CAT Articles 3, 16 Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill… -
14 December 2012Book page
Questions and Answers About Refugees & Asylum Seekers
According to the United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (also called the Refugee Convention), a refugee is someone who is outside their own country and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of their: -
14 December 2012Book page
Welfare to Work submission
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry on the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to work and other Measures) Bill 2005 and the Family and Community Services Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005 (together 'the Bills') -
Legal
28 January 2015Submission
Inquiry into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission To The Parliamentary Joint Committee On Intelligence And Security Download PDF Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Human Rights Framework 4.1 Article 17 – the Right to Privacy 4.2 Article 19 – Freedom of Expression 5 Scope of dataset to be retained 6 Two year retention period 7 Access to retained… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012WebpageThe unfinished business - Dumisa Ntsebeza
The first is that the title UNFINISHED BUSINESS happens to be the title of a book in whose authorship I have collaborated. The book's title is UNFINISHED BUSINESS : SOUTH AFRICA, APARTHEID AND TRUTH. You can order the book from a website, details of which you can get from Terry Bell at belnews@wn.apc.org. For every book purchased, the author and I have agreed a free copy will be donated to an NGO. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2001: Appendix 2
Native title agreements are emerging as an important tool in defining the rights of native title holders over their land. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner I welcome negotiation and agreement-making as a way of establishing a stable and enduring basis for a dynamic and long term relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people over land. However I am… -
14 December 2012Book page
HRC Report No. 7
Copyright © Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Copying is permissible provided acknowledgment is made to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney, April 1999. -
14 December 2012Book page
Contributors - Us Taken-Away Kids: commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 'Bringing them home' report
‘Finding my Family’, Rooth Wilay Robertson My painting depicts each family member, with all the different skin colours, as puzzle pieces finally all joined up to complete our story. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech"Monitoring Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges for Australia: Dr Sev Ozdowski (2002)
Thank you Mr Wishardt for your invitation and kind introduction. I would like also to acknowledge Ms Wendy McCarthy, under whose stewardship PLAN is sure to go from strength to strength. -
14 December 2012Book page
HRC Report No.11
This is a report to the Attorney-General on inquiries made by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission into a complaint made under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (the Act) of discrimination in employment on the ground of age. The complaint was made by Ms Akiko Ishikuni against the Japan Travel Bureau (Australia) (JTB). -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Questions on Notice 13 May 2003
I refer to the Questions on Notice taken by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("HREOC") during its evidence before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee's Reference on the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003 ("AHRC Bill") on 29 April 2003 and provide the responses below. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Senate File Listing 1 January 2007 - 30 June 2007
FileId: 2007/177-1 Create Date 02-Jul-2007 Name: HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION CAMPAIGN Title: NATIONAL ACTION PLAN PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION - RDU SPU EDUCATION