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<h2>Reforming Age Discrimination Law: Beyond Individual Enforcement, Alysia Blackham (2022)</h2><h3>Panel discussion Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM</h3><p>President, Australian Human Rights Commission</p><p> </p><p>I am speaking today from the traditional lands of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging—and to the traditional custodians of the lands from wherever you are zooming in today.</p>

<h2>Australian & Canadian government & 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>

<p><strong>The Australian Human Rights Commission and the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health<br><br> National Disability Strategy: Beyond 2020 webinar<br><br> September 24, 2020</strong></p> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FnNpvFNQiqw" width="560"></iframe></p> <p><strong>Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner<br><br> Introductory Address</strong></p>

<h2>Closing Remarks</h2><p><strong>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission</strong></p><p><em>Check against delivery</em></p><p>For a start, thank you Julia, Dr Baird for that wonderful MC-ing of the day. What an array of fantastic insights!</p>

Statement by Chin Tan relating to barriers by people with disability of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

<p>I am Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. I make this statement on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s ‘A status’ NHRI.’</p> <p>I want to acknowledge the OHCHR for its report and for highlighting some of the adverse effects of climate change on Indigenous women.</p> <p>I would also like to acknowledge 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 in 33 years.</p>

<h2>‘Rights-mindedness’ — making human rights real in public service and community understanding 70 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights</h2> <h3>Alice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights 2018</h3> <p>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM<br>President, Australian Human Rights Commission</p> <p>Sir Roland Wilson Building<br>Canberra<br>25 September 2018</p>

<h2>Leaving no one behind: delivering justice for all survivors of sexual harassment</h2><h3>UN Women High Level Virtual event (Live Webinar)<br>March 19, 2020<br>Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner</h3><p>“Thank you … for giving many of us a voice during this inquiry, and I hope that those of us who have spoken out can find comfort in knowing that no matter how small or large your contribution ... this inquiry will bring [change] and by speaking out others will be encouraged to also.”</p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Jalangurru maningarri, ngarragi yani. Wadi jalangurru yathanggirragi. – larger Bunuba.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Learn about the key challenges and priorities for the office of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, particularly in relation to the recent Respect@Work reforms.