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Rights and Freedoms30 November 2016Speech
Access and equity: human rights in practice
Speech to SydWest Multicultural Services AGM Edward Santow – speaking notes – CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Acknowledgements: the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land, the Darug people Dr Chandrika Subramaniyan (Chair, SydWest Multicultural Services) Elfa Moraitakis (CEO, SydWest) Introduction Australia is a wonderful country: warm, welcoming, open. It’s the country that my father’s father escaped ... -
31 January 2013Webpage
Human Rights Photo Competition 2012
Theme: Home The 2012 Human Rights photo competition received 450 entries. Overall winners received their prizes at the 2012 Human Rights Awards on December 10. A selection of photos from the Competition were also on display. Overall Winners for 2012 Katie Pashley 'restless dancer #3' 18 & over Kane Lehanneur 'Semblance' under 18 Winners for November 2012 Katie Pashley 'restless dancer #3' 18 & ... -
Disability Rights3 December 2020Opinion piece
Being acknowledged is the first step to being included
When I started my career as a young lawyer, I made a decision to tell people upfront that I used a wheelchair. On the occasions when I didn't, people often didn’t realise that I was the lawyer who they had spoken to on the phone. They would assume I was attending a meeting for work experience, or address their questions to my colleague instead of me. This continued even as my career progressed ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice15 September 2023Media Release
The Voice is an opportunity for unity: June Oscar AO
The Voice is a once in a lifetime opportunity to unite all Australians. It is the first time in Australia’s history that we are on a collective path to recognising First Nations peoples’ deep connection to this continent, and our remarkable civilisation. It is an opportunity to have a society of inclusion, unity and recognition. The referendum is also an opportunity to overcome division, to step ... -
Sex Discrimination10 October 2019Project
Indigenous Defence Project
Defence has requested the Australian Human Rights Commission to complete a project on the attraction, recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Defence Australian Public Service (Defence APS). -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 31/01/2002 Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 22/02/2002 Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 21/03/2002 Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 03/04/2002 Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 29/04/2002 Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 06/05/2002 Letter to Mr Philip Ruddock MP 09/06/2002 -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Association of Major Charitable Organisations welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. -
Technology and Human Rights2 July 2023Opinion piece
Australia needs to be a world leader in ethical AI
Find out more about how Australia can be a leader in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence. -
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. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees23 October 2019Publication
Mr BP, Ms BQ and Miss BR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into complaint of breach of non-refoulement obligations, arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child -
Legal14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights and Climate Change: A Tragedy in the Making - Hon John von Doussa QC
I am very pleased to be here talking about Human Rights and Climate Change in the first of HREOC’s seminar series celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the ‘Declaration’).1 -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
World Programme for Human Rights Education (2009)
Australia’s national human rights institution, the Australian Human Rights Commission, has statutory functions relating to human rights education in Australia. These include promoting understanding and public discussion of human rights, and undertaking research and educational programs for the purpose of promoting human rights. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
“Child Migrants and Human Rights in our Time”: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2005)
I should add, at this point, that my work over the past few years and my inquiry on children in immigration detention (CIDI), in Australia, the report of which "A last resort?" was tabled in the Australian Federal parliament in May of 2004, has made me even more keenly aware of the fragility of child asylum seekers. But more on that later! -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice11 December 2019Speech
2019 ANZSOC Conference, Justice reimagined: The intersection between Academia, Government, Industry and the Community
Title: Our women have spoken: the need for strengths-based approaches to violence prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Noongar yani U. Well thank you and good morning what a gathering. Thank you to the conference organisers and the working group and for inviting me to open with this keynote address. The issues you are ... -
Technology and Human Rights23 November 2020News story
New tools for ethical AI
Learn more about how to develop and deploy ethical AI to combat algorithmic bias and protect human rights. -
Sex Discrimination16 June 2021News story
New report offers corporate guidance on preventing workplace sexual harassment
The Australian Human Rights Commission has today released a new report offering guidance to corporate boards and investors on preventing and responding to workplace sexual harassment, in partnership with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The research report, Equality Across the Board: Investing in workplaces that work for everyone , follows a survey and series of ... -
Legal1 December 2022Media Release
Artificial intelligence and anti-discrimination: Major new publication
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Actuaries Institute (Institute) today said while artificial intelligence (AI) promises faster and smarter decision making, safeguards are needed to prevent potential discrimination. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice4 August 2023Webpage
Self-determination and Indigenous peoples
Self-determination is an ongoing process of ensuring that peoples are able to make decisions about matters that affect their lives. Essential to the exercise of self-determination is choice, participation and control. The outcomes of self-determining processes must correspond to the free and voluntary choice of the people concerned, including in relation to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. -
Business and Human Rights14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility (2009)
In our new strategic plan we commit to 'motivating big business to incorporate human rights into their everyday business practice'. -
Commission – General6 February 2020Webpage
2018-2019 Senate Order for Entity Contracts Listing Relating to the Period 01 Jan 2019 to 31 December 2019
Pursuant to the Senate Order for entity contracts the following table sets out contracts entered into by the Australian Human Rights Commission which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more (GST inclusive) and which: a. have not been fully performed as at 31 December 2019, or b. which have been entered into during the 12 months prior to 31 December 2019 Most of the contracts ...
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