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Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013WebpageRight to respect for the family
<p><a href="/node/8706"><em>Back to&nbsp;rights and freedoms: right by right</em></a></p> <p>ICCPR Article 23.1 states:</p> <p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.</p> <p>In this area the ICCPR overlaps substantially with the ICESCR. ICESCR Article 10 states:</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Commissioners: DR SEV OZDOWSKI, Human Rights Commissioner MRS ROBIN SULLIVAN, Queensland Children's Commissioner PROFESSOR TRANG THOMAS, Professor of Psychology, Melbourne Institute of Technology MS VANESSA LESNIE, Secretary to the Inquiry -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 5 - rightsED
Complete an education activity (sheet 5) designed to raise awareness of human rights by giving students a set of questions and answers to match correctly. -
Commission – General
22 January 2014PublicationAHRC Agency Multicultural Plan 2013-15
Multicultural access and equity policy: Respecting diversity. Improving responsiveness. -
14 December 2012Book page
acknowledgments - Us Taken-Away Kids: commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 'Bringing them home' report
The Australian Human Rights Commission would like to thank all the people who generously contributed their stories, artwork, poetry and time to make this publication possible; Jo Ritale and Angelo at the State Library of Queensland and the communities of Cherbourg, Mapoon Mission,  Monamona and Mornington Island for giving us permission to reproduce photographs from the State Library of Queensland’s exhibition, ‘Broken Links’, 2007; Murray Wilcox and Joanna Richardson for providing valuable insights into the cases in which they were involved; Siobhan -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2001: Chapter 5: Juvenile diversionary schemes and Indigenous people
On 27 July 2000, the Commonwealth government and the Northern Territory Government signed an agreement for the establishment of a juvenile pre-court diversion scheme in the Northern Territory (NT). This agreement arose specifically as a response to the continued criticism of the NT’s mandatory minimum imprisonment laws and their impact on juveniles and Indigenous people. By establishing the pre-court juvenile diversionary scheme, the NT has belatedly joined most other states and territories in Australia in providing such options for dealing with juvenile offenders. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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Human rights are said to be universal and indivisible. This paper explores how far that universality introduces human rights principles into the functions and work of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The answer, I think, could be “further than you realise”. -
Rights and Freedoms
15 December 2017Media Release
We must act on lessons of Royal Commission
<p>The Australian Human Rights Commission acknowledges the survivors, witnesses and families who contributed to the <em>Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse</em> and calls on all Australian governments to implement its final recommendations.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech
Statement on Mandatory Sentencing
This is a rare event for the Human Rights Commission - a media conference convened by the President with other Commissioners. I can recall it occurring only once before in the Commission's history. The fact that we are doing this today reflects the seriousness of the issue we are discussing. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageNative title payments discussion paper – Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has produced 15 Native Title Reports which include analyses and recommendations on the operation of the native title system and its effect on the exercise and enjoyment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.[1] Particularly relevant is the Native Title Report 2003, which provides a detailed comparative analysis of the international context of Indigenous peoples and agreement-making, concerning their lands, waters and natural resources. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
30 April 2014WebpageClose the Gap Campaign Submission on Part IIA of the RDA
Read the submission by the Close the Gap Steering Committee about proposed freedom of speech amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2004 : Chapter 3 : Looking Forward - A Policy Approach to Native Title
The framework of principles presented in chapter 2 of this Report puts the economic and social development of the traditional owner group at the centre of the native title process. It seeks to build the power and capacity of the traditional owner group to direct and achieve its own economic and social development. It sees the native title system as a tool to assist traditional owners in this process. The framework also envisages that other stakeholders in the native title system will assist the group in achieving its goals. -
Legal
20 May 2015Webpage
Australasian Railway Association (ARA)
<h2>Primary Application</h2> <h2>Notice of application for temporary exemption</h2> <p>The Australian Human Rights Commission has received an application for temporary exemptions from the Australasian Railway Association (ARA).&nbsp;</p> -
25 September 2015Webpage
Links - Family and domestic violence
<h2><a name="_Toc430186608"></a><a name="Heading2"></a><strong>Links</strong></h2> <div class="box"><strong>If you, or someone you know, is experiencing violence, contact the police (000)</strong><br>or for 24/7 national counselling helpline, information and support contact <strong>1800 RESPECT</strong> (1800 737 732)<br>or <a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/">https://www.1800respect.org.au</a></div> <p></p> -
14 December 2012Book page
3 Theme One - Economic Independence for Women: Listening Tour Report
I'm a mother who has been out of the paid workforce for two years and will probably be for the next 4 years, until my children are ready for pre-school. My return to work will probably be on a part-time basis and I will probably have to re-start my career after so many years out so I don't expect that I will earn very much. I never thought this would be the case - I studied for many years, earned a higher degree, worked overseas and then started my family...I can't see how, after this time out of the workforce, my earnings will ever come close to my partner's. -
Commission – General
4 October 2017Media Release
Powerful anti-racism message comes to a screen near you
<p><iframe title="Elevator - Racism. It Stops With Me" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FFTjZilAwhM" width="560"></iframe></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane has brought the anti-racism message home, launching a set of advertisements for broadcast on national TV and for streaming to millions of desktop computers and hand-held devices around the country.</p> <p>The campaign depicts casual racism in the workplace and the provision of goods and services.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
24 November 2017Webpage
First Nations Support services
View a list of services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls in need of help with health matters, legal advice or to make a complaint. -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012PublicationMechanisms for advancing women’s human rights
This is a practical guide for lawyers, advocates and women experiencing violations of their rights on how to use the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and other international complaint mechanisms to seek redress for alleged violations of women’s human rights. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The aim of this submission is to inform HREOC, at the outset of its Inquiry, of the concerns held about Children in Immigration in Detention, by members of the legal profession in New South Wales. The focus of the submission is limited to the issue of compliance with international and domestic legal obligations. Relevant obligations are outlined, concerns are highlighted and finally, recommendations to address those concerns are listed. The Law Society welcomes any future opportunity to address any specific matters in greater detail at the request of HREOC. -
14 December 2012Book page
A Time to Value - FAQ
The model proposed by HREOC has been costed by respected independent analysts NATSEM at $213m in 2003-04. In 2005-06, paid maternity leave would cost the Government $217m, which is $293m less than the Baby Bonus which relates only to one child per family and in which the full benefit cannot be reaped until five years after the birth of the child.