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Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people and organisations responding to complaints - Human rights and ILO
Learn how the Human Rights Commission responds to complaints received from companies and individuals. -
14 December 2012Book page
COPYRIGHT AND PUBLISHING ROUNDTABLE
Gabrielle Mackey (Attorney-General's Department); Helen Dakin (Australian Copyright Council): Ian Morris (National Library of Australia); Fiona Loader (Australasian Performing Rights Association/Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society); Graeme Innes (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission); Bruce Maguire (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission); Jane Evans (Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities); Libby Sturrock (National Information Library Service) -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people making complaints
Discover how when the Commission receives a complaint about an issue that is covered by the law, it can try to resolve the complaint by conciliation. -
Legal15 April 2013Submission
Inquiry into Slavery, Slavery-like conditions and People Trafficking
1 Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in its Inquiry into Slavery, Slavery-like conditions and People Trafficking. 2 Summary The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Inquiry into Modern Slavery. The ... -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people making complaints
Learn how federal anti-discrimination law allows people to make complaints to the Commission about unlawful sex, race, disability and age discrimination. -
Employers11 February 2015Webpage
Vicarious liability
Learn how employers can be held legally responsible for acts of discrimination or harassment in the workplace, which is known as vicarious liability. -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Right to life
Back to rights and freedoms: Right by right Introduction | Commission work | International scrutiny | More information | Comments Introduction Article 6 of the ICCPR states: Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be ... -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Rights to enjoy and benefit from culture
Learn how the state works to ensure everyone enjoys full participation in their cultural rights, especially Indigenous people and people with a disability. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Reconciliation Week Seminar Series
I begin today by paying my respects to the Ngunnawal peoples, the peoples on whose land we come to celebrate Reconciliation week today. I am of the Gangulu from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland and when I speak to my Elders, they ask me to pass on my salutations to the traditional owners of the land I visit, and thank them for their continued fight for their country and their culture. But today I also acknowledge their graciousness in sharing their lands and their culture with all those who live and visit here in the spirit of reconciliation. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Chapter 6
‘CATSI’ is an acronym for the Commonwealth’s Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth), which came into effect on 1 July 2007. The Act ‘primarily provides for the incorporation and regulation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations’. It replaces the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth) (the ACA Act). -
Race Discrimination14 December 2012Publication
Guide to the Racial Hatred Act
The Racial Hatred Act, introduced in October 1995, extends the coverage of the RDA so that people can complain to the Australian Human Rights Commission about racially offensive or abusive behaviour. It aims to strike a balance between two valued rights: the right to communicate freely and the right to live free from vilification. -
14 December 2012Book page
Valuing Parenthood - Part C
7.1 Introduction 7.2 Health and welfare of mothers and newborn children 7.3 Enabling women to combine work and family 7.4 Direct cost of children 7.5 Economic security for women -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2010:Chapter 2: ‘The basis for a strengthened partnership’: Reforms related to agreement-making
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, agreement-making can be an expression of free, prior and informed consent and the beginning of cooperative relationships with governments and other parties. -
Legal26 February 2016Submission
Submission to Inquiry into the Regulatory and Legislative Aspects of Surrogacy Arrangements (2016)
Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Surrogacy and human rights 4.1 What is surrogacy? 4.2 Human rights issues in surrogacy arrangements 5 Current regulation of domestic surrogacy in Australia 6 Options for future domestic regulation: increase consistency and certainty domestically 6.1 Previous attempts at national consistency 6.2 Identifying people willing to enter into ... -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Rights of non-citizens
Learn about how under international law, human rights are to be recognised for all individuals in Australia, including refugees and asylum seekers. -
Employers18 February 2015Webpage
Age discrimination
Learn how age discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably because they are considered to be too old or too young. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2009: Chapter 1
The reporting period for this Report is 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. Throughout this period, there was significantly more activity in native title law and policy than I witnessed in the first five years of my term as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. -
14 December 2012Book page
About the report and credits: Social Justice Report 2008
The Social Justice Report 2008, is produced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, in accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1) (a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth). -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Understanding and preparing for conciliation - Unlawful Discrimination
Learn how the Commission uses the process of conciliation when addressing complaints made by the public regarding incidences of unlawful discrimination. -
14 December 2012Book page
DIAC Response to the 2011 Australian Human Rights Commission Statement on Immigration Detention at Curtin
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Public Statement on Immigration Detention in Curtin.
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