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14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: Isma - Listen: National consultations on eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australias
The meeting was attended by 12 invited participants from the Maronite Youth Organisation, the youth group of Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Harris Park, Sydney. -
Human Resources5 May 2015Webpage
Life at the Commission
Current Opportunities Find out about current opportunities and the Commission’s recruitment and selection process Culture and Diversity Discover the commission’s culture Working at the Commission What can you expect from a career at the Australian Human Rights Commission? Pathways Find out about our Internship and other pathways to the Commission Our People Meet the people who make the Commission ... -
27 January 2015Book page
2 Introduction
2.1 What is Workplace Diversity? The term diversity refers to what makes us different. It covers gender, age, language, disability, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation and religious belief. Diversity also refers to our many other differences in education, work experience, occupation, socio-economic background, marital status and whether or not we have family and carer ... -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
10th International Criminal Congress
The topic of this seminar is ‘Criminal Justice in a climate of fear’. The word terrorism is not mentioned and yet the subject invites discussion of the impact of terrorism on life and laws in Australia. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
The Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport: where are we?
I'd like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, in whose language Canberra means meeting place as you probably know. -
Children's Rights25 September 2013Speech
Bullying, Young People and the Law
A speech by Megan Mitchell, Children's Commissioner. Research shows that 27 per cent of young people report they are bullied every two weeks or more, and about 1 in 10 Australian people experience cyber bullying on a regular basis. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice9 April 2013Project
Reconciliation Action Plan 2012
Reconciliation is important to the Australian Human Rights Commission. First it enables us to build the cultural diversity of our organisation so we are better placed to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to understand and exercise their human rights; secondly as it is appropriate for us to model the importance of understanding and respect for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. -
Rights and Freedoms6 July 2013Project
Right to freedom of information, opinion and expression
This page provides access to a range of Commission work regarding the right to freedom of information, opinion and expression. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 July 2018Media Release
Commissioner June Oscar AO named NAIDOC Person of the Year
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has been named the NAIDOC Person of the Year at the National NAIDOC Awards in Sydney. Commissioner Oscar received the award in recognition of her work championing the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, especially women and children, and her tireless work to preserve ancient languages. Alyawarre ... -
Technology and Human Rights23 August 2023Submission
Finding Balance: Fighting Disinformation without Threatening Free Expression
Learn about the Commission's view on Exposure Draft of the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023. -
Disability Rights2 December 2013Speech
ABS International Day of People with Disability
I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land. I have a dream that my children will grow up in a nation where they are not judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Who said these words? Martin Luther King. If I can adapt that quote, I have a dream that my children will grow up in a nation where they are not judged by their disability, but by the content of ... -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Explore a speech that highlights an international human rights convention that sets out the fundamental human rights of people with disability. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Equality by degrees
I'm honoured to give this address. I completed my law degree at this university, and well remember the December day in 1977 when I received it. It was the culmination of four years of hard work, experiencing the pleasures and trials of campus life, and acquiring - as well as a reasonable amount of legal knowledge - a much broader appreciation of the world around me, warts and all. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
NSW DET Teacher Consultants conference:Keynote Speech
Read a keynote speech on the inclusivity of people with a disability at a NSW Department of Education and Training teachers conference. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights, Governance and Decision Making
Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak at this conference. I'm very pleased to be here. Firstly as a senior Commonwealth public servant not based in Canberra I immediately warm to this forum. The challenges of interacting with, and learning from, our colleagues are increased greatly by the fact that we aren't located in the city viewed by most commonwealth public servants as the centre of the universe. -
14 December 2012Book page
Tackling violence, harassment and bullying - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
The complainant is employed to undertake packing duties with the respondent retail food company. The complainant alleged she was sexually harassed by her manager. She claimed the manager’s behaviour included sending her inappropriate text messages, sending her a pornographic video and making comments of a sexual nature. -
14 December 2012Book page
2005 International Conference on Engaging Communities - Workshop on Engaging the Marginalized
I would like first of all to follow UN custom and protocol and pay tribute to the Aboriginal Peoples of this land, the original occupants and owners of this territory, and thank them for hosting our meeting today. On behalf of the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Coordinator of the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, I would also like to extend a warm welcome to all of you and a special thanks to our partner, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Australia). -
LGBTIQ+2 December 2014Speech
Homosexual Histories Conference 2014
Pride History Group Event 1 Acknowledge traditional owners I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are gathered and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal people present. 2 Introduction Thank you for the warm welcome. Thank you also for the invitation to speak ... -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President Speech: Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture Annual Oration
I would like to begin this evening by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 12
Just as there are many homes, there are many journeys home. Each one of us will have a different journey from anyone else. The journey home is mostly ongoing and in some ways never completed. It is a process of discovery and recovery, it is a process of (re)building relationships which have been disrupted, or broken or never allowed to begin because of separation (Link-Up (NSW) submission 186).
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