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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 2004
The report is provided in accordance with section 46C(1)(a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. This provides that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is to submit a report regarding the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, and including recommendations as to the action that should be taken to ensure the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by those persons. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
Disability Rights: Human rights and mental illness
This page provides links to materials related to and following from the Australian Human Rights Commission's National Inquiry on the Human Rights of People with a Mental Illness, which reported in 1993, and more activity including recent consultations conducted in conjunction with the Mental Health Council of Australia and the Brain and Mind Research Institute. -
Commission – General1 August 2016Webpage
Former Age Discrimination Commissioner, The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO
Find out about the former Age Discrimination Commissioner, the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO. Dr Patterson served as Commissioner from 28 July 2016 – 28 July 2023. -
Disability Rights1 May 2024Webpage
Customising a job for a person with disability
An employer’s guide to the steps involved in customising jobs for people with disability, and the elements, features and benefits of job customisation. -
Age Discrimination28 March 2024News story
Robert Fitzgerald commences as Age Discrimination Commissioner
Find out about the Age Discrimination Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald AM’s immediate and long-term priorities to eliminate ageism and age discrimination. -
Age Discrimination29 October 2019Webpage
Guides
Discover more about a multigenerational workforce, your rights at retirement and a human rights approach to health and aged care with these downloadable guides -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Report No. 33
Pursuant to section 31(b)(ii) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act1986 ( Cth), I attach a report of my inquiry into a complaint by Ms Tracy Gordon of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record by the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority of Victoria (formally Emergency Communications Victoria) and Victoria Police. I have found that the act and practice complained of constitutes discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record. -
Legal22 March 2024Speech
Law Dinner to celebrate the 120th anniversary of SULS
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and also to acknowledge any Indigenous guests attending today. I am sorry that as a nation we did not accept the invitation offered in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. There ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Valuing Parenthood - Consultations
Back to Table of Contents Consultations Association of Superannuation Funds Australian Phillipa Smith Michaela Anderson Ross Clare Attorney General's Department Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Reg Hamilton Peter Anderson Australian Council of Trade Unions Sharan Burrow Australian Industry Group Heather Ridout Australian Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union Jeff Lawrence ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Capturing the diversity advantage - Our experiences in elevating the representation of women in leadership - A letter from business leaders (2011)
For most Australian companies, the transition from Phase 1—Getting in the game, to Phase 2—Getting serious, will be most relevant. However, a number of our companies have been in Phase 2 for some time. Some of us see a path to continued improvement, with a payoff that will go further than just gender balance. Woolworths and CBA’s experiences, starting on page 30, show how individual companies have navigated Phases 1 and 2, and how they are beginning to think about the next phase of their journey. -
14 December 2012Book page
Statement on the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Bill 2007
As this Committee knows well, in April 2006 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission launched the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements National Inquiry. Since that time we have travelled around Australia to hear, first hand, about the impact of discriminatory laws on same-sex couples and their children. We produced two discussion papers and received 680 written submissions from across Australia. And our final report was tabled in Parliament on 21 June 2007. -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 - Links to other useful information resources
Explore a range of resources on the issue of human trafficking, including the trafficking of women and children, organized crime and people smuggling. -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 (2003) Welcome Speech, John Von Doussa
Stop the Traffic 2 (2003) Welcome Speech, John Von Doussa, President Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Ladies and Gentlemen it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Stop the Traffic 2 Conference . My enthusiastic welcome is not attributable to the theme of this conference - the trafficking women for prostitution is an abominable trade and a harsh reality for many. However, I ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 - Fact Sheet
On December 9 2002 Australia became signatory to The United Nations Protocol to Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime. -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 Conference - Closing Address by Pru Goward (1999)
1. Trafficking in Persons: A gender and Rights Perspective Briefing Kit, UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM-East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, Bangkok) and the UN Inter-agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Mekong Sub-region. -
14 December 2012Book page
Valuing Parenthood - Acknowledgments
Learn how the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission acknowledges organisations and individuals who have contributed to Valuing Parenthood. -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 - The Australian Op/Ed piece
Australian and international experts will gather at a two-day conference to be held in Melbourne this week to consider the subject of the trafficking of women into Australia for the purposes of prostitution. The timing of this event could hardly be better, following so closely as it does on the major package of counter-trafficking measures announced by the Australian Government only last week. -
14 December 2012Book page
Stretching Flexibility (1996)
The report includes case studies which highlight, in particular, that employer's and employee's definitions of' 'flexibility' are not necessarily synonymous. Many changes to working time arrangements have only been partly implemented and often depend on the discretion of the manager or supervisor. -
Commission – General29 June 2023Webpage
2024 Australian Human Rights Awards
Honour and celebrate individuals and organisations striving to defend and protect the human rights of people in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 - Fact Sheet
(a) “Trafficking in persons ”shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
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