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Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechPresident speeches: Speech at Annual UNAA Day Dinner
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Kaurna people, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2001-2002: Statement from the President
The Commission’s vision is of and for an Australian society in which the human rights of all people are respected and promoted. Our task is to find practical, pragmatic ways to turn the rhetoric of human rights into an everyday reality for all Australians and build a more tolerant and inclusive community. As this report indicates, this past year has been a period of substantial achievement… -
14 December 2012Book page
Building human rights into law and practice - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
On 25 June 2012, the Australian Parliament passed legislation to establish Australia’s first National Children’s Commissioner. The Commissioner will be a member of the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
14 December 2012Book page
Law Society Journal 2008: The standard of proof in discrimination claims: the Full Court lightens the load, a little.
We all know that prejudices are prevalent within our society. We also know that such prejudices often translate into discrimination. And yet, proving discrimination is notoriously difficult.[1] -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechDisability and human rights
Allow me to commence by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Wallumattagal clan of the Eora peoples. Let me also acknowledge my fellow speakers, as well as other distinguished guests and friends. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageApplication for exemption under ADA section 44: Caloundra Gardens Retirement Village
The Applicant sought an exemption under section 44 of the ADA so that it may impose a requirement that only persons over the age of 50 years can reside at Caloundra Gardens. The Applicant sought an exemption from the ADA for a period of five years. The Applicant states that the purpose of applying for an exemption is for the Commission to confirm and clarify the legal status of Caloundra Gardens… -
Age Discrimination
26 May 2016PublicationQualitative study: Employment discrimination against older Australians
In 2015 the Australian Human Rights Commission engaged EY Sweeney to conduct qualitative research to supplement the 2014 quantitative national prevalence survey. -
28 November 2014Book page
Lessons
Discover a range of teaching resources for school students developed by the Human Rights Commission that help raise awareness of disability rights -
Education14 December 2012Publication
Commemorate Human Rights Day - rightsED
December 10 is the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations (UN) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR sets out a certain set of rights that are the basic and minimum set of human rights for all citizens. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples access to services 2010
I would like to start today by acknowledging the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people on whose land we are on today and pay my respect to your elders both past and present. Thank you to Seith for your welcome to country. I pay my respects as a Gangulu man from Central Queensland. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
ZP v PS Submission - COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The English superior courts have taken the view that their inherent parens patriae powers, which include making the child a ward of the court, are invoked where the child has British nationality or is ordinarily resident in the jurisdiction: Nugent -v- Vetzera [1866] L.R. 704, at p.714; McKee -v- McKee [1951] AC 352, at p.360; In re P (An Infant) [1965] 1 Ch 568, at pp. 584, 587, 588 and 590. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2006: Appendix 3: Shared Responsibility Agreements Survey form
This appendix contains the survey form that my Office compiled and sent to all Indigenous communities and organisations that had entered into a Shared Responsibility Agreement (SRA) with the federal government by 31 December 2005. By this date 108 SRAs had been finalised, and they involved 124 communities. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2003 : Chapter 2 : Native Title Policy - State and Commonwealth profiles
Human rights principles require that Indigenous people's relationships to land, based on traditional laws and customs, be given legal recognition and protection. International legal principles also recognise that Indigenous peoples have economic, social and cultural human rights. Native title, as it is constructed through the Australian legal system, has a limited capacity to meet these human… -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
International and Australian evidence demonstrates the long-term effects of early life experience on health and well being throughout life. The detention of children and young people is poses significant risks to normal development. The exposure of infants and young children to stress either directly or mediated through the experiences of their parents reduces the likelihood of normal brain… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Keynote address: Creating Welcoming School Communities (2009)
26 years ago, on this day in 1973, the first call was made on a mobile phone other than a car phone, when Martin Cooper, a Motorola executive shocked New Yorkers by walking down the street talking into a shoe-shaped handset. We've moved a long way since then, when there are more mobile phones in Australia than people, and phone calls are just one of the many things that they now do. -
Children's Rights
6 April 2022Publication
Keeping kids safe and well: your voices
Children and young people are experts in their own lives, and their insights are critical for understanding how we can better support their safety and wellbeing. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This submission is made by the Social Justice Committee of the Parish Council of the Anglican Parish of West Tamar, Tasmania, on behalf of the members of the Parish. -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Pathways to Resolution: The conciliation process of the Australian Human Rights Commission
One of the Commission's main roles is to try to resolve complaints made under federal human rights and discrimination law through a process called 'conciliation' -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012WebpageAbout Sex Discrimination
Australia has made good progress towards achieving gender equality in recent times. However, women still experience inequality and discrimination in many important parts of their lives. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Chapter 6
‘CATSI’ is an acronym for the Commonwealth’s Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth), which came into effect on 1 July 2007. The Act ‘primarily provides for the incorporation and regulation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations’. It replaces the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth) (the ACA Act).