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14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention - FAQ's
If you have any queries about the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, please contact the Commission by emailing paffairs@humanrights.gov.au. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
I refer to your letter of 1 March 2002 addressed to the Chief Executive of the Chief Minister's Department inviting input to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. I note that you also wrote to the ACT Departments of Education and Community Services, Health and Community Care and Justice and Community Safety. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006
The changes may or may not improve the efficiency of tribunal processes. However, it is more than likely that they will result in an unfair process for determining refugee and migration claims. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Meeting with Deafness Forum of Australia
Thank you for the opportunity to meet today. I want to take a few minutes to run through some current areas of work which may be of particular interest to you. -
25 September 2013Book page
1 Background and context
The Internet has been in existence since the 1960s, and the World Wide Web since the 1990s. [1] Cyberspace, however, remains a relatively new terrain in terms of the questions it raises about human rights and responsibilities. The International Telecommunication Union estimates that almost 40% of the world‘s population, and over 76% of people in developed countries, are now internet users. … -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This submission will consider the issue of ‘statelessness’ and its consequences for the nationality of children in detention [2], focussing specifically on those children who are born into immigration detention in Australia. It will address the first term of reference [3] for the Inquiry. The submission will first consider the right to nationality at international law and the problem… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
I am pleased to present herewith a submission on behalf of the Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies, addressing key issues for the Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Australia's Immigration Detention Centres are contradictory to the human rights of the child. The Immigration Detention experience is extremely harmful to children and has effects of traumatisation and re-traumatisation during the Detention experience and continuing after release. Concerning alternatives to Detention, the present options are also not geared towards the best interest of the child. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
DEAFNESS FORUM OF AUSTRALIA 2005 CAPTIONING AWARDS
Allow me to begin by also acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to their elders both past and present. -
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'). -
14 December 2012Book page
Human rights - what do I need to know? (2008)
All Australians have human rights. Human rights are universal: they are for everyone, everywhere, everyday. Human rights are based on values such as freedom, equality and dignity and seek to protect our quality of life. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
National Human Rights Consultation
Learn how Australia has committed to a greater emphasis on human rights education under the World Program for Human Rights Education. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: Covert Search Warrants (2009)
The Hon John Hatzistergos MP Attorney-General Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 And by email: office@hatzistergos.minister.nsw.gov.au -
14 December 2012Book page
When the Tide Comes In: Towards Accessible Telecommunications for People with Disabilities in Australia
THIRTY-FIVE short years, and presto! the newborn art of telephony is fullgrown. Three million telephones are now scattered abroad in foreign countries, and seven millions are massed here, in the land of its birth.So entirely has the telephone outgrown the ridicule with which, as many people can well remember, it was first received, that it is now in most places taken for granted, as though it… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Human rights at your fingertips
Our publication “Human rights at your fingertips” offers the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other treaties ratified by Australia. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Proposed Wild Rivers Declarations
‘The human right to water entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses.’[11] There is a fundamental link between accessing water and living in dignity which means that the human right to water is receiving increased attention and recognition both in Australia and worldwide.[12] The right to water is linked… -
Legal14 December 2012Speech
Law Seminar 2007: Stolen Wages - The Way Forward by Jonathon Hunyor
What I will talk about today is the way in which the Racial Discrimination Act (‘the RDA’) has been used by Aboriginal people to seek a remedy for the injustice of underpayment of wages. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
UN Convention - Rights of people with disabilities & domestic violence
Diverse and inclusive practice: Redrawing the boundaries Domestic Violence, Disability and Cultural Safety National Forum Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW, 8 - 9 November 2007 -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Part E Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
The deceased was travelling with a friend in a car on Kloeden St, Ceduna at around 1:30am on the morning of Sunday 2 July. The car was approached by police who later stated that they were attending to a break-in in the street. The officers ran a warrant check on the pair. The friend was allowed to go but the deceased was arrested on warrants for non-payment of fines and a non-appearance on an… -
Education6 March 2013Speech
Education and Human Rights – Recognising one, realising all
Speech delivered by Professor Gillian Triggs, former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, on the topic of the right to equality and education.
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