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Sex Discrimination
6 March 2015WebpageReports
<p><img style="float:left;height:272px;margin:10px !important;width:190px;" alt="Converstaions on Deployment cover image" data-delta="1" data-fid="18944" data-media-element="1" src="https://defencereview.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/Conversations-on-Deployment-cover_0.jpg" title typeof="foaf:Image"></p> <p>Reports prepared on specific projects are provided directly to Defence. However, publicly available reports are available for download below.</p> -
Children's Rights
21 February 2013Webpage
About Children's Rights
<h3><span style="line-height:1.53em;">What are children’s rights?</span></h3> <p>Children as well as adults have human rights. Children also have the right to special protection because of their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse.</p> <p>The main international human rights treaty on children’s rights is the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The CRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Australia ratified the CRC in December 1990, which means that Australia has a duty to ensure that all children in Australia enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
18 June 2013WebpageHuman rights based approaches
<blockquote><p><em>It would be deceiving the peoples of the world to let them think that a legal provision was all that was required ... when in fact an entire social structure had to be transformed : Rene Cassin, during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Human rights based approaches are about turning human rights from purely legal instruments into effective policies, practices, and practical realities.</p> -
Disability Rights
1 February 2019WebpageInternational
<h4>Funding opportunities for Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities events</h4><ul><li><a href="/node/2860">Supporting participation in international CRPD events by disability organisations</a> (Updated 2021)</li></ul><h4>United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with&nbsp;Disabilities&nbsp;</h4><p paraeid="{e12536df-0d47-423f-b724-c8a39d5c475a}{130}" paraid="805105312">The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the first binding international human rights instrument to explicitly address disability.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> -
Children's Rights
8 December 2014Publication
What does the Children’s Rights Report 2014 say?
Child friendly version of the 2014 Children's Rights Report. This is my second report. I am going to talk about the human rights of children and young people and the main things in my report. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Hot Topics
Can I also acknowledge Blake Dawson Waldron lawyers for providing the venue and facilities, and the NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Service for their initiative in organising this forum. -
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. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to Productivity Commission review of DDA
Introduction Effects of the DDA on competition and productivity Objects of the DDA: indigenous issues Statistics and measurement issues Definition of disability Assistance animals Definition of discrimination Coverage of defined areas only Disability vilification Harassment Unjustifiable hardship Exemptions Complaints Standards Action plans Education and awareness Offences Equality before the law Employment issues Education issues Access to premises issues Transport issues Telecommunications issues Electoral access Insurance issues Information access issues Government procurement requirements -
Age Discrimination
13 May 2024Webpage
The 'Let's Talk Ageing' Series
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Sex Discrimination
8 November 2017Publication
Unleashing the power of gender equality (2017)
Priorities of Kate Jenkins - Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Budget gets it right for people with a disability (2011)
The following opinion pieces have been published by the President and Commissioners. Reproduction of the opinion pieces must include reference to where the opinion piece was originally published. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Innes: Employment of people with disability in the APS
You would be aware that - according to its own reports - employment of people with disability in the APS has almost halved during the last two decades. You would also be aware of the strong public commitment by the Australian government to reduce the high unemployment and under-employment of Australians with disabilities. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Opinion pieceBystanders must join fight against bullying (2011)
The following opinion pieces have been published by the President and Commissioners. Reproduction of the opinion pieces must include reference to where the opinion piece was originally published. -
14 December 2012Book page
DIMA response to the Commission's Report
The department welcomes the HREOC report which provides positive feedback on detention service reforms established since the Palmer and Comrie reports. We note HREOC’s recommendations several of which are consistent with DIMA’s ongoing improvement programme. -
14 December 2012Book page
A last resort? - Summary Guide: Australia's Detention Policy
While a short period of detention may be permitted for the purpose of conducting preliminary health, identity and security checks, Australia's detention system requires detention well beyond those permitted purposes. In fact, Australia's immigration detention laws and practices create a detention system that is fundamentally at odds with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2006: Media Release - Government approach to Indigenous affairs seriously flawed
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has called on the federal Government to address serious flaws in their Indigenous affairs programs and services. -
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
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The National Program on Refugees and Displaced People operates under the Christian World Service Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia, which has been assisting refugees to resettle in Australia since 1948. -
Children's Rights
27 February 2018Publication
Children’s Rights Report 2017
This report outlines work the National Children's Commissioner has undertaken throughout 2016-17 to promote the human rights of children and young people in Australia. This year the major project has focused on the rights and needs of young parents and their children. -
1 February 2021Webpage
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