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Rights and Freedoms
17 January 2019SpeechThe Ongoing Legacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
<p>9th International Conference on Human Rights Education—Unleashing the Full Potential of Civil Society<br>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title>&nbsp;</a><br>President, Australian Human Rights Commission<br>27 November 2018</p><p>[<em>Professor Croucher spoke to this paper. Some sections were not addressed fully, given the coverage of some matters by earlier speakers in the program.</em>]</p> -
Race Discrimination
16 March 2021Media ReleaseNational Anti-Racism Framework plan launched
<p>Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan has launched a plan to establish a National Anti-Racism Framework and has called on the Federal Government to support and implement it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Commissioner Tan released a concept paper detailing key components that need to be included in the Framework and will soon commence a series of roundtables with peak anti-racism organisations to progress the plan.&nbsp;</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
12 July 2018Speech‘BECAUSE OF HER, WE CAN’ National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Conference
<h2>[Introduction in Bunuba]</h2> <p>Jalangurru lanygu wiyi yani gurama yani.</p> <p>I want to pay my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land we meet on today, and to their elders both past and present.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Conference: Realising the Rights to Health and Development for all
I’d like to begin by acknowledging the conference organisers: the Central Commission for Popularization and Education of The Communist Party of Vietnam, and The University of New South Wales Initiative for Health and Human Rights, and particularly Professor Daniel Tarantola. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
15 March 2017Publication
Close the Gap - Progress & Priorities report 2017
Closing the gap in health equality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians is an agreed national priority. The Campaign continues to grow each year with 220,000 pledges having been made from across the Australian community, committing to seeing the health outcomes gap close in this generation – by 2030. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
19 November 2019Speech
Strong Communities, Strong Kids, AbSec Biennial Conference
<h1 style="margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Acknowledgements and Introductions </span></span></span></span></h1> -
Business and Human Rights
22 September 2021News story
More action recommended to prevent human rights harms in business
The Australian Government, businesses and institutional investors have been called on to take more action to prevent business-related human rights harms. At the Crossroads: 10 years of implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Australia, a new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW Sydney, examines the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in Australia. -
Sex Discrimination
16 October 2017Opinion pieceNot just Hollywood problem: 1 in 4 Australian women have been sexually harassed at work
<p>Over the past year, I have spoken with many women who have told me their personal accounts of being harassed in the workplace.</p> <p>I spoke to one hospital worker who was sexually harassed by a male patient, who indecently exposed himself to her. Instead of helping her, the woman's colleagues and manager assumed she was in a sexual relationship with him.</p> <p>Another young woman told me she was asked to wear a bikini while fruit picking so she could get paid a bonus.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Maximising opportunities in a new era of Indigenous affairs
I’d like to begin by acknowledging that we are on Gadigal country and I pay my respects to Elders past and present. Thank you Allen for your welcome to country as well. -
Disability Rights
8 May 2019Media ReleaseRoyal Commission into Violence, Abuse and Neglect of People with Disability
<p><strong>Statement from Alastair McEwin, Disability Discrimination Commissioner</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">I support the motion to hold a Royal Commission into the violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability. I call upon the Government to act immediately on this motion by proceeding to establish the Royal Commission without further delay.</span></p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
10 December 2020Publication
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Community Guide (2020)
This community guide sets out the major findings and cross-cutting themes that are explored in detail in the Wiyi Yani U Thangani report. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
8 May 2019Media Release
Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) funding announcement welcomed
<p>The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has welcomed the announcement of new funding for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project.</p> <p>The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion today announced $1.7 million to support the second stage of the project, as part of the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children.</p> <p>Commissioner Oscar said Stage Two of the project will build on the success of the national conversation with First Nations women and girls.</p> -
Age Discrimination
24 May 2019Publication
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability (2016)
The right to work is a fundamental human right, but one that far too many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 December 2019Speech
Inaugural National Indigenous Women’s Leadership Symposium
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-weight:bold">[Introduction in Bunuba]</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Jalangurru lanygu wiyi yani.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;</span></span></p> -
Commission – General
22 March 2024SpeechWomen’s Club – Foundation Day Club Lunch
<p><strong>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM</strong>&nbsp;</p><h2>Introduction</h2><p>Thank you Danielle Asciak, for inviting me here today.&nbsp;</p><p>Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and also to acknowledge any Indigenous guests attending today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> -
Commission – General
9 February 2017Webpage
June Oscar AO - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
<h2>June Oscar AO</h2><h3>Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 2017 - 2024</h3><div class="card"><div class="card-section"><div class="grid-x grid-padding-x"><div class="cell medium-shrink"><img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/June%20Oscar%20AO%20Headshot.png" data-entity-uuid="53c308a6-821c-4a27-a0c4-e35cf03a307f" data-entity-type="file" alt="June Oscar AO" width="200" height="300" class="align-left" loading="lazy"></div><div class="cell medium-auto"><p>June Oscar AO is a proud Bunuba woman from the remote town of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia’s Ki</p></div></div></div></div> -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
14 August 2014SpeechSister Clare Condon - Sanctioned Violence: What does it do to our society and relationships?
<p>I&nbsp;acknowledge the Gadagal People of the Aora nation on whose land we meet.&nbsp; I pay my respects to the elders past and present.</p> <p>I come here today as an ordinary citizen.&nbsp; I am not an academic, nor a lawyer.&nbsp; I am simply a concerned citizen.</p> <p>There are many nuances to the meaning of the word violence.&nbsp; It is about violating another; abusing and damaging; often about the abuse of power. It is associated with vehemence of expression.&nbsp; Violence is meant to inflict injury by intimidation, dominance and power or from fear, anger and a lack of trust.</p> -
Commission – General
3 July 2018Opinion piece
Criminal record discrimination
<p><em><strong>This article by Commission President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher was published in the Australian July 4, 2018</strong></em></p> <p>I recently provided a report to the Attorney-General about a man who claimed that he had been refused a job because of his criminal record.</p> -
Commission – General
12 March 2024Speech
A Revitalised National Human Rights Framework for Australia
<h2>Marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights</h2><h3>Fraser Oration</h3><p><strong>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon)</strong></p> -
Sex Discrimination
14 March 2019Speech
63rd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
<h2>Australian &amp; Canadian government &amp; Australian Human Rights Commission side event: Sexual harassment in the workplace – a global perspective</h2> <p><strong>Monday 11 March, 1.15pm – 2.30pm</strong><br><strong>Location: Conference Room 11, UN Headquarters</strong></p>