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Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Dress Code
<p>Employers often set rules regarding how their employees are expected to dress in the workplace. Employers should ensure that any dress code they propose does not amount to discrimination.</p> -
4 February 2015Book page
3 Methodology
<ul> <li><a href="#a3-1">3.1 Terms of Reference</a></li> <li><a href="#a3-2">3.2 Methodology</a></li> <li><a href="#a3-3">3.3 Definitions</a></li> <li><a href="#a3-4">3.4 Timeframe for the report </a></li> <li><a href="#a3-5">3.5 Commission’s previous work concerning children in detention </a></li> <li><a href="#a3-6">3.6 Structure of the report </a></li> </ul> <hr> <p>On 3 February 2014, the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission launched the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Isma listen: Eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australians
The meeting was chaired by Mr Abdul Majid Zahra, Manager of Tripoli and Mena Association (TMA), and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) from HREOC. Also note-taking was Administrative Officer of TMA, Zeinab Rizk. The TMA Arabic Aged Worker Sam El Sayed also attended. 79 Arabic-speaking seniors attended, including both Muslims (the majority) and Christians. The consultation was conducted in Arabic. -
14 December 2012Book page
Those who've come across the seas: Detention of unauthorised arrivals (1998)
HREOC’s report, tabled in federal Parliament on 12 May 1998, deals with the policy of mandatory detention of most unauthorised arrivals and the conditions of detention for those detained. The report had its origins in the many complaints received by HREOC from, or on behalf of, people in immigration detention centres. -
Sex Discrimination
12 August 2022News storyResearch commences for 5th National Survey on Workplace Sexual Harassment
<p>The Australian Human Rights Commission is currently conducting the 5th National Survey on Workplace Sexual Harassment.</p><p>The survey takes place around every four years and is our nation's key source of information on the prevalence, nature and reporting of sexual harassment in Australian workplaces.</p> <p>The data aims to inform Australia's ongoing response to this issue, providing evidence to enable employers, policymakers and advocates to develop more effective responses to workplace sexual harassment.</p> -
Disability Rights
24 April 2014Project
Mobility Scooters in Registered Clubs
This paper aims to start a discussion about mobility scooters (scooters) and their use within and around Registered Clubs (the Clubs). It has been produced as part of a project initiated by a partnership between the RSL & Services Clubs and the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Commission – General
2 August 2018SubmissionSubmission: Independent review of the Australian Public Service (2018)
<h3>Downloads</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/20180717_AHRC_APS_Review_FINAL.pdf">Download PDF</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/20180717_AHRC_APS_Review_FINAL.docx">Download Word</a></li> </ul> <h3>Introduction</h3> <p>1. The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Report No. 43: Mr NK v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)
While we note your findings, in the Department's view Mr NK has been and continues to be detained lawfully in accordance with the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Migration Act) and his detention has not been and is not arbitrary. -
14 December 2012Book page
Young people in the workplace: Resource sheet 2 - rightsED
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory organisation that works to protect and promote the human rights of all people in Australia. We were established by the Australian Government in 1986. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Prevention of human rights abuses against irregular migrants: the role of National Institutions
In the age of globalisation there has been a massive increase in international migration and, as the number of international migrants has grown, so too has the problem of irregular migration. Many states have tried to stem irregular migration by introducing new border control measures and tougher criminal sanctions for people smugglers.[1] However, while effective border control is a legitimate objective of all sovereign states, state responses to the issue of irregular migration have often failed to protect the human rights of irregular migrants.[2] -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
DDA Decline/termination decisions: Education
Explore a summary of decisions regarding complaints submitted to the Commission that were declined by the Disability Discrimination Commissioner. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
DDA accommodation conciliated settlements
A man who is deaf complained that when he stayed at a hotel in August 2008 he was unable to access captioning on the television in his room. The complaint was resolved with an agreement by the hotel to providing captioning in 16% of its rooms within 12 months. -
Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Gender Equality
<p>Women experience inequality in many areas of their lives. At work, women face a gender ‘pay gap’ and barriers to leadership roles. Many encounter reduced employment opportunities because of the time they give to family and caring responsibilities.</p> <p>Sexual harassment and gender-based violence also threaten women’s basic right to feel safe and respected at work, in public, in places of study and at home.</p> <p>Organisations can play an important role to promote gender equality.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
6 November 2017WebpageGet support
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="wg-content-icon"><img alt="alt text" src="//wiyiyaniuthangani.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/TSI-icon.png"></p><h1>Support services</h1><p>Speaking out about a traumatic experience can be distressing. If you decide to provide information to us but find that either during or after providing information, that relaying the experience(s) of trauma is causing you distress, you can access counselling support through:</p> -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageThe right to a discrimination-free workplace (MCLE reg 176) 2010
Regulation 176 requires practitioners to complete at least one MCLE unit every 3 years relating to the management of the practice of law dealing predominantly with the principles of equal opportunity, the law relating to the discrimination and harassment, occupational health and safety law and employment law. -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendices1 - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
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14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Social Justice Report 2002: International developments in the recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples
The circumstances of Indigenous peoples were virtually invisible at the United Nations approximately thirty years ago. Very little attention had been devoted to their situation and their claims were by and large unheard in international fora. Since the early 1970s, however, Indigenous peoples have made significant inroads towards the recognition of their rights and acceptance of their legitimate place within the international community. The results, while incomplete, have been nothing short of extraordinary. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: MIGRATION LITIGATION REVIEW
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) has been invited to make submissions in relation to the Migration Litigation Review (‘the Review’), being conducted by Ms Hilary Penfold QC, First Parliamentary Counsel. -
Disability Rights
6 October 2020Submission
People with Disability and Employment (2020)
Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability -
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