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Commission – General
31 January 2013WebpageSponsorship
<h2>Sponsorship Opportunities</h2> <p>The Human Rights Awards recognises and celebrates the extraordinary contribution of individuals, organisations and businesses to the field of human rights.</p> <p>Each year we aim to bring together over 500 guests to celebrate our human rights achievements. The Awards are widely recognised and receive significant media coverage and social media engagement.</p> <p>There are nine sponsorship opportunities available:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Major Sponsor and Sponsor of the Human Rights Medal</p> </li> <li> <p>Young People’s Human Rights Medal</p></li></ul> -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013WebpageRight to an effective remedy
Learn about how a process called the right to effective remedy can help protect people when their human rights have been violated. -
Commission – General
1 August 2016Webpage
Former Age Discrimination Commissioner, The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO
Find out about the former Age Discrimination Commissioner, the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO. Dr Patterson served as Commissioner from 28 July 2016 – 28 July 2023. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
2 December 2020Publication
Inspections of Australia's immigration detention facilities 2019 Report
<h2 class="anchor-ready">Human Rights Commissioner’s foreword</h2> <p>For several decades, the Australian Human Rights Commission has expressed deep and longstanding concern about the human rights of people held in Australia’s immigration detention facilities. As a result of our most recent inspection process, that concern has deepened.</p> <p>Some of the issues of greatest concern to the Commission are as follows.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendices2 - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
1. Section 32 transfer. 2. Departmental Appropriation combines “Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1)” and “Revenue from independent sources (s31)”. -
14 December 2012Book page
Section 13 - Conclusion - Addressing sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity discrimination: Consultation Report (2011)
Equality for people of all sexual orientations and sex/and or gender identities is supported by international human rights agreements which Australia has agreed to observe. Taking steps to achieve such equality is the responsibility of the federal government. For this reason, the Commission is particularly pleased by the Government’s commitment to introduce federal protections from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity. -
14 December 2012Book page
Human Rights Act - Useful Links
Human Rights Act TV is website where young people can have their say about their human rights by making a submission online, by text message or by making a youtube clip. -
31 January 2013Webpage
Human Rights Photo Competition 2012
<h2>Theme: Home</h2> <p><strong>The 2012 Human Rights photo competition received 450 entries. </strong><br><br>Overall winners received their prizes at the 2012 Human Rights Awards on December 10. A selection of photos from the Competition were also on display.</p> -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
14 December 2012Publication
DIAC Response to the Australian Human Rights Commission report on the use of community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons who have arrived to Australia by boat
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report on the use of community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons who have arrived to Australia by boat. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmission - Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave (2008)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’)[1] makes this submission to the Productivity Commission in its Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave (‘the Inquiry’). -
Children's Rights
16 December 2016SpeechPathways to Inclusion: the voice of the child in decision making
<h2>Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies Conference 2016</h2> <h3>Introduction</h3> <p>Good afternoon everyone and thank you Wendy for the introduction. It’s fantastic to be here today amongst so many people committed to the wellbeing of children in Australia.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 13.008px;">I too would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet today, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and pay my respects to elders past, present and future.</span></p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechSite navigation
Before I speak about agreement making on Indigenous lands, let me acknowledge the Larrakia people on whose land we are today. The Larrakia are the neighbours of my people the Kungarakan whose country borders the Larrakia to the south west of Darwin. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
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Thank you for joining me here today to launch the Social Justice Report and Native Title Report for 2005. Both reports were tabled in the federal Parliament 6 weeks ago on 14 February 2006. -
Children's Rights
18 December 2015Publication
What does the Children’s Rights Report 2015 say?
In 2015 the National Children’s Commissioner conducted a national investigation into the impact of family and domestic violence on children. This version is for children and young people. -
Children's Rights
12 April 2023News story
Join the webinar: Reinventing schools
<p><strong>If we want children to flourish, we must ask ourselves if the&nbsp;school system is doing the right thing by them. </strong></p> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fault lines that emerge when health and learning aren’t considered holistically. Declining mental health, disengagement from learning, disruption among social connections and vastly reduced physical activity were some of the impacts on children.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons - Summary
This report is about two distinct subject matters. The first of these is the welcome move by the Australian Government to transfer increasing numbers of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons into community arrangements. The second is the situation of people who remain in immigration detention facilities with little or no prospect of being released.[1] -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Melbourne Citymission would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide input into your inquiry into children in immigration detention. It is an issue that goes to the very heart of how we as a nation care for our children. It is particularly pertinent to Melbourne Citymission as we are an organization committed to supporting and advocating on behalf of the marginalised. -
Sex Discrimination
13 March 2013WebpageWeb Links
<h2>Sex discrimination links</h2><h3>Australian Government</h3><ul><li><a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4125.0">Australian Bureau of Statistics Gender Indicators</a></li><li>Australian Government information relating to Women</li><li><a href="https://www.pmc.gov.au/office-women">Australian Government Office for Women</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wgea.gov.au/">Workplace Gender Equality Agency</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dss.gov.au/women/programs-services/reducing-violence/the-national-plan-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-their-children-2010-2022">National Plan t</a></li></ul> -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012WebpageD.D.A. guide: The ins and outs of access
This applies to existing places as well as places under construction. To comply with the DDA existing places may need to be modified to be accessible (except where this would involve "unjustifiable hardship"). -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
The complaint process for complaints about discrimination in employment (ILO)
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent agency that investigates and resolves complaints about discrimination and breaches of human rights.