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Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechMENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL: WHAT'S THE VISION?
Over the last four years the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) has played a key role in raising community awareness about the human rights Australians with a mental illness. The Commission, through its public inquiry process, brought into national focus how, amongst other things, people affected by mental illness frequently faced discrimination and stigmatisation based on ignorance, fear and inaccurate stereotypes. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpagelutheran schools decision
Subject of application: That the applicant be authorised to institute a procedure for assessing the needs of students with disabilities at schools for which the applicant is responsible and, in the event of failure of that procedure in any individual case, to apply to the Commission for a specific exemption. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 2 – An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights protection framework for the 21st century: Social Justice Report 2008
All Australians are equally entitled to enjoy the rights, benefits and responsibilities of citizenship. In our society, every person should feel free from discrimination of any kind and have the right to share in the nation's land, resources and wealth. The entitlements and freedoms of all people are recognised in human rights instruments, many of which have been freely signed and ratified by Australia, and in some instances are now a part of Australian law. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
recommended exemption: kendell
Introduction and call for responses Recommended exemption Issues raised by submissions and responses by Kendell Breadth of exemption sought Effect of exemption on existing levels of accessibility Lifting devices Substitution of aircraft Aircraft accessibility Review of Occupational Health and Safety Issues -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission on the Age Discrimination Bill 2003
1.1 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Commission) welcomes the federal government's proposal in the Age Discrimination Bill 2003 ('the Bill') to make discrimination because of age unlawful. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2008-2009: Glossary
<p><a name="anchor" id="anchor"></a> </p> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BodyText" --><h2><a name="top" id="top2"></a>Annual Report 2008 - 2009</h2> <h2>Glossary</h2> <p><a href="/about/publications/annual_reports/2008_2009/index.html">Back to Contents</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendices 3 - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
In 2011–12 the Commission received 17 047 enquiries and 2 610 complaints. This is the highest number of complaints received over the past 10 years and 21% higher than the number of complaints received in the previous reporting year. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Milestones
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
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My congratulations to the organisers for organising this forum and opportunity to discuss a potential mechanism to protect the rights of people with mental illness and enhance the delivery of mental health care. -
Rights and Freedoms
6 June 2016SpeechJessie Street Trust Annual Lunch 2016
Jessie Street Trust Annual Lunch - I am pleased to join you today to honour the work and annual birthday of Jessie Mary Grey Lillingston Street, a remarkable, and very modern Australian woman. Well before the First World War, she was an advocate for many of the social issues we care about today; equality for women, constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians, world peace and for disarmament. -
Commission – General
31 May 2016SpeechAustralian Corporate Lawyers Association Corporate
<p style="text-align: right;">Check against delivery</p> <h2>Keynote Address - Australian Corporate Lawyers Association Corporate</h2> <p>Good morning and thank you for your warm introduction.</p> <p>I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet – the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and their elders past and present.</p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013Webpage
Right to education
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Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Hurst
View a report into the Commission seeking leave to intervene in the case of Tiahana Hurst v State of QLD in relation to the Disability Discrimination Act. -
25 September 2013Book page
8 A right to access the Internet
<p>While there appears to be no express right of general application to ‘access cyberspace/the Internet’ stipulated in any of the major international human rights instruments,<sup> <a href="#fn210" name="fnB210">[210]</a></sup> it has been argued at the international level that such access is critical, particularly in terms of the right to freedom of expression, and in the redressing of structural disadvantage. Accordingly a number of countries have, in varying forms, formally recognised human rights to access the Internet.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Comment: specific to Remote areas
Defining 'remote' as those regions where the nearest Capital city is a thousands plus kilometre away … and / or, where the largest population centres have only thousands of occupants and are hundreds of kilometres away. -
Commission – General
9 April 2013Publication
Strategic Plan 2011-2014
Every three years we are required under our legislation to prepare a new Strategic Plan. We treat this as an opportunity to reflect on our effectiveness in undertaking our functions and duties, and to identify how we can ensure that our future work will result in tangible improvements in human rights for people in Australia. -
13 April 2015Book page
Our work plan for 2014-15
<h2><a name="_Toc280448461"></a><a name="Heading91"></a>Priority: Human rights education and promotion</h2> <p>We work to build awareness of rights and freedoms across the community, encouraging a culture of respect and responsibility that values dignity.</p> <p>To make this a reality, the Commission creates a range of community engagement and human rights education programs to engage with a broad cross-section of the community. We use tools such as social media to build awareness of rights and freedoms in the community.</p> <div class="gray-box-title"> <p><strong>What we’re doing</strong></p></div> -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC - Annual Report 2001 - 2002: Chapter 1: The Commission
The Commission is a national independent statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It has a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three persons. -
14 December 2012Book page
11. Children with Disabilities in Immigration Detention
One of the underlying goals of international and Australian laws relating to children with disabilities is to provide the highest possible level of support and assistance in the least restrictive way. Laws, policies and programs should be designed to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in all aspects of the general community. -
14 December 2012Book page
Strategic Plan 2011-2014
We have also played an important leadership role internationally by sharing our experience with other national human rights institutions and by contributing technical assistance to advance partnerships for human rights in other countries.