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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice6 December 2017Project
Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women's Voices)
Watch the Yajilarra nhingi, mindija warrma (from dreams, let's make it reality) animation and hear the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice6 December 2017Project
Bringing Them Home - interactive educational resource
Bringing them Home was the name given to the final report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now called the Australian Human Rights Commission). The National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families ... -
Education6 December 2017Publication
Bringing Them Home - interactive resource (2017)
Bringing them Home was the name given to the final report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now called the Australian Human Rights Commission) -
LGBTIQ+7 December 2017Media Release
Human rights landmark as Australia legalises marriage equality
Parliament has today legislated for a fairer and more equal Australia by legalising marriage equality. “On this historic day, Australia joins over two dozen countries around the world in legislating for marriage equality,” said Australian Human Rights Commission President, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM. Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner, said the law was a milestone for human ... -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submission - Martizi
1.1 On 5 March 2002, the Full Court granted leave to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") to intervene in this appeal, pursuant to s.11(1)(o) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth). -
Rights and Freedoms12 December 2017Speech
Human Rights Awards 2017
Acknowledgments Thank you, Aunty Norma Ingram, for your very warm welcome to country. The Australian Human Rights Commission is honoured to be here today on the ancestral lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future and warmly welcome any Indigenous guests attending today. Attorney-General and other very distinguished guests, Commissioners ... -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
CHEN YUAN FA v Federal Government
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ( Commission') was established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) ("the HREOC Act"). On 13 April 1995, His Honour Justice Carr directed that leave be granted to the Commission, pursuant to s.11(1)(o) of the HREOC Act, to file and serve written submissions in these matters limited to the issues referred to in the application, no later than 14 days prior to the hearing. -
Commission – General14 December 2017Speech
Sexual Harassment - Safer Workplaces
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins delivered the keynote address at the Women in Film and TV NSW - Safer Workplaces Strategies forum. Good morning everyone. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which you meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and paying my respects to their elders past and present. I also pay my respects to the Wurundjeri ... -
Rights and Freedoms15 December 2017Media Release
We must act on lessons of Royal Commission
The Australian Human Rights Commission acknowledges the survivors, witnesses and families who contributed to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and calls on all Australian governments to implement its final recommendations. “It wasn’t until they were adults that so many Australians who suffered unimaginable emotional, physical and sexual abuse as children were ... -
Rights and Freedoms15 December 2017Media Release
Australia ratifies major anti-torture treaty OPCAT
Today Australia has taken the final step necessary to ratify and implement a major international treaty that combats torture and other forms of mistreatment. This is an opportunity to protect the rights of people who are detained in Australia for generations to come. The Australian Human Rights Commission today welcomes the Australian Government’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the ... -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
CHEN YUAN FA v Federal Government
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") was established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) ("the HREOC Act"). On 13 April 1995, Carr J. directed that leave be granted to the Commission, pursuant to s.11(1)(o) of the HREOC Act, to file and serve written submissions in these matters limited to the issues referred to in the application, no later than 14 days prior to the hearing. -
Commission – General18 December 2017Video
Human Rights Awards 2017
Watch the 2017 Human Rights Awards. More information on the Awards, all the winners and finalists are at https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/ ... -
Sex Discrimination19 December 2017Webpage
Audit 2017
> back to University sexual assault and sexual harassment project Audit of university responses to Change the course report 2017 In November 2017, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, wrote to all 39 Vice Chancellors to request information about what actions their university had taken in response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Change the course: National report on sexual ... -
Education18 December 2017Media Release
Report card on Australian Universities response to Change the course report
The Australian Human Rights Commission has conducted an audit of responses to the landmark Change the course report into sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities. The Change the course report released in August 2017 found one in five (21%) students reported experiencing sexual harassment in a university setting in 2016 and 1.6% of students reported experiencing sexual ... -
Legal20 December 2017Webpage
Guidelines on the distinct role of the President and the Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to complaint handling and public comment
Guidelines on the distinct role of the President and the Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission in relation to complaint handling and public comment 2017 Guidelines distinct role of the President and the Commissioners.docx 1 Purpose The purpose of these guidelines is to provide clarification on the distinct role of the President and the Commissioners of the Australian Human Rights ... -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submission - Minh Dung Luu
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") was granted leave by his Honour Justice Marshall on 5 June 2001 to intervene in these proceedings pursuant to s 11(1)(o) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (the "HREOC Act"). -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees20 December 2017Publication
Inspection of Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre Report
This report contains an overview of key observations and recommendations arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre ("YHIDC") in May 2017. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees20 December 2017Publication
Inspection of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre Report
This report contains an overview of key observations and recommendations arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre ("VIDC") in April 2017. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice21 December 2017Media Release
Close the Gap Campaign statement on Remote Housing program
Federal Government must listen to First Peoples in Closing the Gap ‘Refresh’ The Close the Gap campaign is deeply concerned at reports that the Federal Government is making an 85 per cent cut to the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Housing. This cut will see previously committed funding from the Federal government drop from $776 million over two years to just $100 million. It is ... -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submission - MING DUNG LUU
1. These submissions are filed pursuant to the directions given by the Full Court and conveyed to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") in a facsimile from the Associate to the Honourable Justice Gray dated 17 December 2001. They are directed only to the issues raised in the respondent's submissions of 23 November 2001 (including the respondent's submissions on the issue of costs - which were not foreshadowed at the hearing).
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