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Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Freedom of movement
Back to rights and freedoms:right by right Article 12 | International scrutiny | Resources | Comments Article 12 ICCPR Article 12 states: Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own. The above-mentioned rights shall not be ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice17 July 2024Speech
EMRIP- Australia has not signed federal treaty with Indigenous peoples
Item 5 Statement 17th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) Thursday 11 July 2024 -
Education14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights Explained: The International Bill of Rights
Explore the International Bill of Rights, including the Universal Declaration and key covenants, and their impact on global human rights. Learn more with this fact sheet. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 20
There were a lot of families on the outside who were saying my daughter hasn't come home, my son hasn't come home. You had a lot of families still fighting and then you had the bloody welfare saying to these families, `We're not doing what was done in the sixties'. Bomaderry Home was left open as a big secret by the government and the welfare. And it must have been one of the best kept secrets that the Government kept. It was hard for the people on the outside to prove we was there when the government said we weren't. -
Sex Discrimination6 March 2015Webpage
Reports
Reports prepared on specific projects are provided directly to Defence. However, publicly available reports are available for download below. Conversations on Deployment In early May 2017, Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins visited the Middle East Region with the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) to learn more about the ADF’s operations and goals in the region. Former Commissioner ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This submission draws substantially on research papers by Eileen Pittaway and Linda Bartolomei which are currently pending publication. The content of this submission may not be reproduced or quoted without the written permission of these authors. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996
1.1 The majority of amendments contained in the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996 ("the Bill") draw on the work of a Review Committee established in September 1993 comprising members of the Attorney-General's Department, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("HREOC") and the Department of Finance. The purpose of the review was a broad ranging examination of the role and the various functions of HREOC. -
14 December 2012Book page
Mature Workers: Case studies from the workplace
With the Australian workforce changing rapidly, more and more employers are recognising the benefits that older workers bring to their organisation: experience, reliability, dependability, to name a few. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Law Institute of Victoria wishes to endorse the Legal section of the Submission by KIDS (Kids in Detention Story) to you Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – List of issues prior to reporting
This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s national human rights institution. It outlines a number of issues that the Commission suggests should be considered by the Human Rights Committee as it develops a List of Issues Prior to Reporting ahead of Australia’s preparation of its sixth periodic report regarding the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (2010)
Recommendation 2: That the proposed Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights be empowered to make recommendations in relation to the implementation of ICERD Committee Concluding Observations. -
Commission – General7 June 2024Media Release
Hundreds of advocates support push for Australian Human Rights Act
More than 700 human rights advocates from across Australia, including more than 60 eminent experts, have called on the Federal Government to introduce a Human Rights Act at a major national conference in Sydney today. Buoyed by last week’s Parliamentary Joint Committee On Human Rights recommendations, delegates at the two-day Free + Equal Human Rights Conference pledged their support for the ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2007 - Chapter 3: The Northern Territory 'Emergency Response' intervention
On 21 June 2007, the Australian Government announced a ‘national emergency response to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory’ from sexual abuse and family violence.[1] This has become known as the ‘NT intervention’ or the ‘Emergency Response’. The catalyst for the measures was the release of Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, titled Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle: ‘Little Children are Sacred’. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board
The government has an obligation to take action to address violence and abuse, particularly where there is evidence that is it widespread. Governments that fail to do so are in breach of their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRoC), the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). -
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. -
14 December 2012Book page
Valuing Parenthood - Part D
10.1 Introduction 10.2 Payment to women versus payment to both men and women 10.3 Payment to natural parents versus payment to both natural and adoptive parents 10.4 Payment to all women versus payment to women in employment -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice9 July 2019Speech
Intervention on Deprivation of Liberty
I am Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. I am making this statement on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s ‘A status’ NHRI.’ I begin by thanking the Australian Government for supporting my Wiyi Yani U Thangani project which is enabling Indigenous women and girls to have their voices heard at the national level for the first time ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2005: Chapter 1: Background the origin of land rights and barriers to economic development through native title
The Australian Government has signalled that economic development is a central focus for the Indigenous Affairs portfolio this term. The Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs, created in May 2004 to drive and coordinate the federal Government’s Indigenous policies,1 identified as one of three key areas2 for priority action: -
14 December 2012Book page
10 years of the DDA: Employment forum
As part of events to mark the tenth anniversary of entry into force of the Disability Discrimination Act the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is conducting a series of forums on employment discrimination issues. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Samaritans, the welfare arm of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, is one of the largest regional welfare organisations in Australia. We employ more than 500 professional staff and enjoy the continuing support of over 400 volunteer workers. Managed from Newcastle, Samaritans has a regional focus on the Hunter, Central Coast and Manning regions and an annual turnover of nearly $17million. The organisation delivers more than 80 welfare and community service programs in 100 locations, providing service to more than 60,000 people annually.