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3 January 2014Book page
1 Introduction
This UPR Progress Report operates as a statement of key human rights concerns and developments in Australia in 2013. The report is the third in a series of annual reports that are being developed in the lead up to Australia’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in October 2015. Each report identifies important milestones as well as challenges that ... -
21 May 2013Webpage
Submissions raising ICCPR Article 9
ICCPR Article 9 addresses some of the most basic liberty rights, and has been the subject of a large amount of Commission work including through submissions. Examination of the Migration (Regional Processing) package of legislation - January 2013 Human 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 ... -
Complaint Information Service12 November 2014Webpage
Complaint information in Auslan
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent third party which investigates complaints about discrimination and breaches of human rights. This presentation in Auslan explains what you can complain about and how the complaint process works. Watch Information about making a complaint ... -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
20 December 2017PublicationInspection 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 Refugees
20 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. -
Children's Rights
24 August 2017Project
Child Safe Organisations
The National Principles aim to provide a nationally consistent approach to creating organisational cultures that foster child safety and wellbeing across all sectors in Australia. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
13 March 2013WebpageFirst Nations Resources
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice links Government Services for Aboriginal and Islander Peoples Research and key resources Australian Bureau of Statistics: Indigenous specific data Indigenous Law Resources (Austlii: Australian Legal Information Institute site) Australian Indigenous Peoples and the Law (Parliamentary Library of Australia) Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy ... -
Legal
28 March 2018Media ReleasePathways to Justice - ALRC report welcomed by Commissioner June Oscar AO
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has urged Federal, State and Territory governments to genuinely consider the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report into the over-representation of Indigenous people in custody. The report, tabled in Federal Parliament today, contains 35 recommendations to address community safety and imprisonment rates amongst ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
30 January 2019Webpage
About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Learn how the Human Rights Commission works to ensure the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are promoted and protected. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for their Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. In recent years the Commissioner has undertaken many activities relating to the rights of Indigenous children. This submission provides an overview of the inequality and discrimination faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia, and key concerns in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in addressing this. -
Disability Rights
26 February 2013WebpageGuides
Review guidance and advice from the Australian Human Rights Commission on the application of the Disability Discrimination Act. -
Commission – General
22 November 2013WebpageContact us
For more information Telephone : 02 9284 9750 Email : communications@humanrights.gov.au Subscribe to our Priority Mailing list to be informed of our events Venue and Cost RightsTalk is free and open to the general public, but spaces are limited to 100. Please RSVP on the links provided. Venue: Australian Human Rights Commission Level 3, 175 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000 RightsTalk disclaimer: Speakers ... -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into Access to Justice (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in its Inquiry into Access to Justice. -
17 September 2013Book page
Our work plan for 2013-14
Freedom from violence, harassment and bullying Violence, harassment and bullying profoundly affect the lives of thousands of people living in Australia. Discrimination and breaches of human rights can often be both a contributing factor and a consequence of such acts. The Commission has prioritised work on violence, harassment and bullying since 2010 and will continue to do so for the coming year ... -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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by President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission John von Doussa QC Human Rights Medal and Awards Ceremony Sheraton on the Park Hotel, Sydney -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: MIGRATION AMENDMENT (DESIGNATED UNAUTHORISED ARRIVALS) BILL 2006
This Bill represents a backward step in Australia's treatment of asylum seekers. The Commission acknowledges that important improvements have been made in relation to Australia's treatment of asylum seekers. We have witnessed the removal of children from detention centres, the implementation of time limits on processing protection claims, the introduction of independent review of long-term detention and, in October last year, the removal of almost all of the remaining asylum seekers detained on Nauru, after concerns about their deteriorating mental health. -
Rights and Freedoms
20 January 2021Webpage
International engagement
The Commission is Australia's 'A status' national human rights institution. The Commission's engages internationally with UN human rights mechanisms, NHRIs, and other countries. -
25 September 2013Book page
2 Scope of this paper
This paper is intended to contribute to discussion; it is not intended to comprehensively or conclusively cover all issues surrounding human rights in cyberspace. The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) has worked and continues to working on a range of human rights issues connected with the Internet, including access and accessibility for people with disability access and online safety ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2004 : Recommendations and follow up actions
In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1)(a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes 5 recommendations - 2 in relation to the needs of Indigenous women exiting prison and 3 relating to the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs. The report also contains 10 follow up actions that my office will undertake over the next twelve months in relation to the new arrangements. These and the recommendations are reproduced here and appear at the relevant part of the report. -
Legal
1 July 2013Webpage
Notice of application for exemption: Carnival Australia
The Australian Human Rights Commission has received an application pursuant to section 44(2) of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) (ADA) from Carnival plc (trading as Carnival Australia) for an extension to its exemption from sections 14 and/or 15 and 28(b) of the ADA. Carnival Australia was formed in July 2004 and represents three homeported Carnival Corporation brands in Australia - Carnival ...