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14 December 2012WebpageConsultation on exposure draft National Human Rights Action Plan
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Attorney-General’s Department on the exposure draft of a new Human Rights National Action Plan which the Department has issued for comment. -
Commission – General
15 May 2013Webpage5th ICCPR report and concluding observations
The Human Rights Committee considered Australia's 5th Periodic Report under the ICCPR (link to PDF file) in 2009. The Committee's concluding observations are summarised below. The full text is available from the Attorney-General's Department Treaty Reporting Page (Word) or PDF and from the Committee website. Reporting process The Committee considered that Australia's experiment with a more concise ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Summary of Observations following the Inspection of Mainland Immigration Detention Facilities (2006)
The following notes are a brief summary of the observations made by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s (HREOC) President, Human Rights Commissioner and staff. HREOC emphasises that these summary notes and recommendations are based solely on what we personally observed and heard from staff and detainees during our visits. -
14 December 2012Book page
Building understanding and respect for human rights - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
In order for us to realise the Commission’s vision of a society where human rights are for everyone, everywhere, every day, we have made building understanding and respect for human rights one of our two key policy priorities. We are seeking to lift the level of consciousness within the Australian community of the importance of human rights to the maintenance of our free, democratic, inclusive and peaceful society. -
Employers11 February 2015Webpage
Racial discrimination
Learn how Racial Discrimination Act protects people from less favourable treatment because of their country of birth, ethnic origin, or skin colour. -
Rights and Freedoms
13 May 2014SpeechThe Forgotten Freedoms
The Sydney Institute -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechCopyright v Human Rights: Balancing the rights of authors and the interests of people with print disabilities
I want to tell you two stories about Greg. They cover different phases of his life, but illustrate the problems that face us as people with print disabilities. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) is a non-incorporated alliance of community organisations founded in 1999 to work for just treatment of people seeking asylum. It is based in Victoria, meets monthly and has three working groups: 1. Campaign, 2. Detention reform and 3. Lobbying. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Appendix 11
1.1 That the Australian Government immediately appoint an independent person to conduct a comprehensive review of the whole native title system and report back to the Attorney-General by 30 June 2010. This review is to: -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Chapter 13
Superannuation is one of the main ways of saving for retirement. It is designed to provide financial security for individuals and their families in retirement; or when a person dies unexpectedly. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Providing Access to All
Some of us are women and some are men; some of us brought new names and accents in recent decades and some of us have Australian ancestry reaching back tens of thousands of years; and some of us have one or more disabilities. -
Age Discrimination
14 December 2012SpeechThe Rights of Older People and Age Discrimination in Australia (2012)
It may surprise you to hear me start by saying that in many ways the research that comes from gerontology is at the forefront of age law reform. Gerontologists give us the evidence and information to advocate for age friendly laws and policies. Your work assists us to understand that while most of us develop along a similar trajectory in the early years of life, our ageing at the latter stages of life is very different, and our laws and policies should respect those differences. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
CERD: Concluding observations - Australian 2005
1. The Committee considered the 13 th and 14 th periodic reports of Australia, respectively due in 2000 and 2002, submitted as one document (CERD/C/428/Add.2), at its 1685 th and 1686 th meetings (CERD/C/SR/1685 and 1686), held on 1 and 2 March 2005. At its 1699 th meeting, held on 10 March 2005 , it adopted the following concluding observations. -
4 June 2015Book page
Appendix 4: Website statistics
Table 38: Website statistics From 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014. Overall Page views Visits Main Commission website 7 138 597 3 614 095 All Commission sub-sites 609 012 285 183 Total 7 747 609 3 899 278 2012-13 5 981 688 2 746 350 Section Breakdown Page views Home page of section Home page 431 631 n/a About 256 153 60 790 News 671 440 10 930 Complaints 326 726 123 347 Education 161 852 11 923 Get ... -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
23 October 2019PublicationMr 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 -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The lack of coherence and logic in decisions as regards detainees ethnicity and the veracity of their stories - primary decision makers failure rate as compared to RRT decisions which saw many boys kept in detention for up to 12 months longer than boys who arrived at the same time from the same area on the same boat - some friends still remain in detention today up to two years later when the boys know they are Hazara with the same history and the same claim to protection - leading to complete distrust in the whole system -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2006-2007:
This Annual Report reflects the commitment and dedication of the Commissioners and staff at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the promotion and protection of human rights in Australia. Over the 2006-07 reporting period HREOC has acted on a broad range of challenging and complex human rights issues. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Working paper for e-commerce reference: web accessibility
Because the digital economy by definition requires a dynamic Internet environment, the very functionality required by the disability community can satisfy this dynamic requirement for web-based transactions. Accessible web design enables dynamic web sites- whether or not it is for business transactions, voting or long-distance learning. In addition, many benefits are emerging in the application of accessible web design. Accessible web design enables CD and videotapes to be archived through captioning. Accessible web design also enables electronic textbooks to be accessible. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech
"Immigration Detention - the Current Position"
The Australian HR protection system is a direct result of the history and development of white settlement in this country. If you compare us with the United States, we Australians had no free settlement, no War of Independence and little or no nation building by private entrepreneurship; rather it was done by way of British government fiat. -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Community Guide
A community guide to the National Inquiry into Discrimination against People in Same-Sex Relationships: Financial and Work-Related Entitlements and Benefits