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Race Discrimination
20 October 2017Webpage
Race Discrimination Guides
<h2>Guides and advice by the Australian Human Rights Commission</h2><p>The Commission may issue guidance and advice to assist persons and organisations with responsibilities under the legislation to avoid discrimination and meet their responsibilities. This guidance or advice is not legally binding regulation.</p> -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechPresident speech: ‘A Human Rights Act for Australia’ - Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Luncheon
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Chapter 2
This chapter describes how the Inquiry gathered information and community views about discrimination against same-sex couples and their children. In particular, the chapter addresses the following questions: -
14 December 2012Book page
Isma-Listen: Eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australians
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy South Australian Equal Opportunity Commissioner, Ms Anne Burgess and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (notes). It was attended by 21 invited participants. -
Rights and Freedoms
10 December 2021Publication
Free and Equal: A reform agenda for federal discrimination laws (2021)
This Position Paper sets out the Australian Human Rights Commission’s proposals for reforming federal discrimination law in Australia. It forms part of the Commission’s Free and Equal project: A National conversation on human rights. -
Rights and Freedoms
30 November 2016Speech
Access and equity: human rights in practice
<p>Speech to SydWest Multicultural Services AGM<br>Edward Santow – speaking notes – CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY</p> <h3><br>Acknowledgements:</h3> <ul> <li>the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land, the Darug people</li> <li>Dr Chandrika Subramaniyan (Chair, SydWest Multicultural Services)</li> <li>Elfa Moraitakis (CEO, SydWest)</li> </ul> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p>Australia is a wonderful country: warm, welcoming, open.</p> -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech“Access to the arts: Being Discriminating rather than Discriminatory"
Take a piece of canvas, some chicken wire, paint and plastic, and put them together so that they resemble a potato cooked in its jacket. Mount the whole thing on a block of wood, add a label that says "baked potato with butter" and what have you got? You've got a famous example of Pop Art. The collector who bought it is alleged to have remarked, "pop is the art of today, tomorrow and all the future". Human nature being what it is, I imagine they said much the same thing after they'd put the final touches to those prehistoric cave paintings. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 1998 : Appendix 2: Selected Inventory of Apologies and National Sorry Day Events
Politicians, church leaders, community members and the local Aboriginal community gathered in Peace Park yesterday for 'Sorry Day', organised by local members of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. -
14 December 2012Book page
The Racial Hatred Act: Checklist for Media
The Racial Hatred Act checklist provides guidance for media reporting on race issues, emphasizing accuracy, sensitivity, and balanced perspectives -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
What is bullying?
Violence, harassment and bullying fact sheet. Recognise bullying, its impact, and how to seek help. Understand your rights and responsibilities. -
Technology and Human Rights
24 July 2018Publication
Issues Paper: Human Rights and Technology
Learn more about how your human rights may be impacted by technology in the Commission's Issue Paper. -
Children's Rights
5 December 2016Project
Child-friendly versions of the Children's Rights Reports
<h2 class="anchor-ready"><strong>What are the Children's Rights Reports?</strong></h2> <p>The National Children's Commissioner has&nbsp;to submit a report every year on the&nbsp;enjoyment and exercise of human rights by&nbsp;children and young people in Australia. This page contains an overview of all of the child friendly versions of the Children's Rights Reports, made for children and young people.&nbsp;</p> -
Rights and Freedoms
19 May 2014Opinion piece
Opening minds to ‘forgotten freedoms’
<p>Opinion by Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson. First published in <em>The Australian</em> on 17 May 2014.</p> <p>Reform is not the end of debating free speech in Australia, it is the beginning</p> <p>The “forgotten freedoms” provide the foundations of our liberal democracy, and we have to reconnect with them.</p> <p>There are competing views about how human rights and freedoms should be approached. After all, human rights are an entirely political construct.</p> -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageNational Human Rights Consultation
Learn how Australia has committed to a greater emphasis on human rights education under the World Program for Human Rights Education. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: Isma - Listen: National consultations on eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australias
The meeting was chaired by Mr Ali Roude, chairperson of the Islamic Council of NSW, and attended by 16 invited participants. Mr Roude and Dr Bill Jonas, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, HREOC made brief opening presentations. Also attending from HREOC were Susanna Iuliano, Omeima Sukkarieh and Meredith Wilkie (notes). -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012WebpageMoving Forward - Achieving Reparations for the Stolen Generations
Firstly, with respect I acknowledge that I am here on the Country of the Tharawal People and I say thank you to Marg Cook and other Tharawal members for their warm welcome to participants of this conference on Reparations. A special welcome to my Stolen Generation brothers and sisters and to Commissioner Brian Butler, ATSIC's Social Justice Commissioner who has for many years worked tirelessly for the national inquiry and continues to support the Stolen Generations and their families in so many different ways. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
28 November 2017Webpage
About the artwork
View about the Wiyi Yani U Thangani artwork, which depicts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls and their journey to security and success. -
Race Discrimination
17 July 2015Publication
National Anti-racism Strategy Evaluation 2015
The National Anti-Racism Strategy was developed to help people to understand what racism is and why it is a problem. And it was about empowering people to prevent racism from happening and to reduce it in their communities. Almost three years on from its launch in August 2012, we can report on the Strategy’s success. But we do so in the knowledge that more remains to be done. -
26 March 2014Book page
A Message from the Commissioner
<p>It is now almost three years since the Review team embarked on an extensive examination of the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force Academy and in the Australian Defence Force. Since then we have tabled three comprehensive and broad ranging Reports. The work has been detailed, challenging, but always productive. More importantly, the process has moved beyond the ‘why’ to the ‘how’ – a&nbsp;focus on the implementation of recommendations designed to deliver increased capability through the equal treatment of men and women.</p> -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Publication
HREOC Annual Report 2003-2004 : Contents : Significant achievements : Statement from the President : Organisational Chart
</em>It is now just over one year since I took up my appointment as President of the Commission. During this time, the world's attention has been focussed on the international terrorist threat and how governments, including our own, can contain and counter that threat. In Australia, the Commission has been mindful of the fact that any counter-terrorism measures must be enacted and administered in accordance with existing domestic and international laws, including human rights laws.