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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Strengthening our relationships over lands, territories and resources
Let me begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the Traditional Owners of the place upon which we sit and talk tonight. I honour your Elders that have come before us, those that are here tonight and I await in optimistic anticipation for those Elders who are yet to emerge. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice27 January 2021Opinion piece
Can January 26 ever be the day that all Australians unite and rejoice in our sense of collective belonging?
OPINION: I want to celebrate being Australian and I want to celebrate our remarkable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander civilisation. But every year I brace myself for the 26th knowing that it is not the day we can do this. -
Children's Rights16 April 2018Webpage
Child Safe Organisations and cultural safety
<div class="center-img">&nbsp;</div> <div class="box"> <p>The <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/childrens-rights/projects/child-safe-organisations">Child Safe Organisations project</a>&nbsp;prepared a background paper on cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, to inform work on child safe organisations. Download the paper here:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></div> -
Children's Rights9 September 2022Speech
Every child, in every community, needs a fair go. Shining a light on supporting children to grow up safe and supported
<p>His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC, Governor-General of Australia, and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley.</p> <p>Thank you for launching National Child Protection Week 2022 and for hosting us today.</p> <p>I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respect to their elders, past, present and emerging, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people joining us today.</p> <p>Thank you to the Board of NAPCAN for inviting me to speak today.</p> -
Sex Discrimination25 July 2014Publication
Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review Report
In 2013, the Australian Government asked the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, to undertake a National Review into discrimination related to pregnancy, parental leave and return to work after parental leave. -
LGBTIQ+3 July 2018Webpage
LGBTI children
<p><strong>Children born with intersex variations</strong><br><br> <br><br> Intersex people are people born with variations in sex characteristics (including chromosomal variations, different physical responses to sex hormones, or different developmental hormone balances and anatomies). Intersex variations may be discovered at birth, during childhood or adolescence, in adulthood or not at all.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Project
Close the Gap: Indigenous Health Campaign
Working together to achieve health and life expectation equality for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. -
Race Discrimination13 February 2019Media Release
Reconciliation Australia Barometer shows steady progress, but still work to do
<p>The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan have welcomed today’s release of the Reconciliation Barometer.</p> <p>The survey conducted every two years since 2008, measures the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. Among the key findings;</p> -
Disability Rights2 May 2016Publication
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination
Learn how the right to work is a fundamental human right, though one that many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy. -
14 April 2015Book page
6 Giving effect to the Declaration
<ul> <li><a href="#Heading2455">6.1 Introduction </a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2473">6.2 Steps taken by the Australian Government to implement the Declaration </a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2502">6.3 Giving effect to the Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2611">6.4 Conclusion and recommendations</a></li> </ul> <hr> <h3><a name="_Toc401308771"></a><a name="_Toc401313929"></a><a name="_Toc404062674"></a><a name="Heading2455"></a><span>6.1</span> Introduction</h3> -
Sex Discrimination3 December 2020Speech
The Beijing Platform for Action, 25 years on: Progress, Retreat and the Future of Women's Rights
<p><strong>Beijing Platform for Action at 25: Progress, Retreat and the Future of Women's Rights<br><br> Opening Address<br><br> Thursday 3 December, 10:00 am<br><br> Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner</strong><br><br> <br><br> Hello everyone. My name is Kate Jenkins, and I have had the honour of serving as Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner for the past four years.</p> <p>I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional lands of our nation’s first people. I am presenting today from the lands of the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Close The Gap Community Guide
The poor health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is no secret – and something can be done about it. Since 2006, Australia’s peak Indigenous and non- Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations have worked together to secure the support of Australian governments for a human rights based approach to achieving health and life expectation equality for Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is known as the Close the Gap Campaign. -
Disability Rights6 October 2020Submission
People with Disability and Employment (2020)
Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability -
Children's Rights26 June 2019Speech
Speech to NSW & ACT Professional Standards Network
A speech by Megan Mitchell covering The Royal Commission’s recommendations, the connection between those recommendations and the National Principles, work we’re doing at the Australian Human Rights Commission in the Child Safe Organisations project, how religious organisations can implement the National Principles, government responses to the Royal Commission’s recommendations and recent developments at the national level. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees14 December 2012Opinion piece
Treating asylum seekers well is in all our interests (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. -
Age Discrimination9 April 2013Publication
Working past our 60s: Reforming laws and policies
As a society, we have been slow to recognise that millions of older Australians are locked out of the workforce by age discrimination. We are only now starting to understand what a terrible waste of human capital this situation represents; a loss to the national economy and to businesses large and small, and a loss to the individual who is pushed out of the workforce prematurely. -
Disability Rights8 March 2018Opinion piece
25 years of the Disability Discrimination Act
<p>It was 25 years ago this month that the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (the ‘DDA’) commenced operation.</p> <p>On 1 March 1993, Australians with a dis¬ability had a national law that was designed to provide them with equality in many areas of life. Over the past quarter of a cen¬tury, the DDA has contributed significant¬ly to social change for people with disability and has been used by thousands of them to fight against discriminatory practices in many fields, including employment, education, access to transport, goods, services, facilities and more.</p> -
Sex Discrimination1 July 2020Opinion piece
Sexual harassment is prevalent across all industries and sectors. We can and must stop it
<p><strong>My inquiry has highlighted that it has been ignored for too long. There are simple ways Australians can drive change.</strong></p> <p>Conditions are ripe for Australian to change our response to, and prevention of, sexual harassment.</p> <p>As Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner, I spent 18 months conducting Respect@Work, a world-first national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms11 December 2020Video
Rosemary Kayess: Human Rights Day Oration 2020
<p>Watch Human Rights Medal winner&nbsp;<strong>Rosemary Kayess</strong>&nbsp;present&nbsp;the 2020 Human Rights Day Oration.</p> <p>Rosemary Kayess is a leading human rights advocate for people with disability in Australia and worldwide. Rosemary contributed to drafting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and successfully lobbied for its ratification in Australia. Last year, Rosemary was awarded the prestigious 2019 Human Rights Medal in recognition of her work in international human rights law for people with disability.</p> -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
The complaint process for complaints about breaches of human rights by the Commonwealth
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent body which investigates and resolves complaints about discrimination and breaches of human rights.