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14 December 2012Book page
A last resort? - Summary Guide: Safety in Detention Centres
Throughout the course of the Inquiry, a number of serious disturbances occurred in immigration detention centres, including riots, fires, hunger strikes, protests, self-harm and suicide attempts. -
Commission – General12 March 2024Speech
A Revitalised National Human Rights Framework for Australia
Marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Fraser Oration Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon) Introduction Vice-Chancellor, Duncan Maskell, Dean Matthew Harding, Mrs Tamie Fraser and the Fraser family, Melbourne Law School staff, distinguished guests, friends I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on ... -
14 December 2012Book page
AusHRC 56: Sri Lankan refugees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship)
2012 Sri Lankan refugees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) Report of an inquiry into complaints by Sri Lankan refugees in immigration detention with adverse security assessments Report into arbitrary detention and the best interests of the child [2012] AusHRC 56 Download in PDF [423 KB] Download in Word [2.05 MB] ... -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the Water Amendment Bill 2008
The Commission supports and commends the relevant state governments’ and the ACT government’s progress in referring constitutional powers to the Commonwealth, enabling water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin to be managed in the national interest, optimising environmental, economic and social outcomes. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 4 - Introduction: Social Justice Report 2009
Homelands still belong to the people, we want to build homes on our land and live there. When we come to the homeland we come back to the peace and quiet. ... It is a much better environment on the homelands, better things for the children.[1] -
Employers11 February 2015Webpage
Racial discrimination
Learn how Racial Discrimination Act protects people from less favourable treatment because of their country of birth, ethnic origin, or skin colour. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 1998
Social Justice Report 1998 Download Social Justice Report 1998 in PDF (420K), Word (475K) Contents Letter of submission Foreword Introduction: A Handful of Soil Chapter 1: The Aftermath for Indigenous Peoples Chapter 2: Non-Indigenous Community Responses Chapter 3: Church Responses Chapter 4: Government Responses to the Recommendations of Bringing Them Home Appendix 1: Letters to the Editor Appendix 2: Selected Inventory of Apologies and... -
Disability Rights18 February 2015Webpage
Disability discrimination
Learn about how it's against the law to discriminate against a person with a disability by reading the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA). -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2006: Chapter 1: Indigenous Perspectives on Land and Land Use
If a group’s traditional country is not in a mining area they escape the injury to country that mining represents but have little opportunity to really develop industry and commerce that could support their communities.1 -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Supplementary information to the Inquiry into Cyber Safety for Senior Australians
Information about cyber safety needs to be extended to offline media platforms in order to reach older Australians who are not yet online and may have concerns about going online due to safety issues. Older Australians are still very loyal to traditional media platforms such as TV, radio and print.[1] The following media settings and publications target older Australians and could be good avenues for information and publicity about cyber safety. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Winner - Luke Urquhart- 2008 Human Rights Photo Competition
Comments: This is me and my girlfriend who is an Indigenous person with an interesting culture mix. We were sliding down a slippery dip and I guessed that it would be a great shot to take of us having fun together. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice6 November 2017Webpage
Get support
Support services Speaking out about a traumatic experience can be distressing. If you decide to provide information to us but find that either during or after providing information, that relaying the experience(s) of trauma is causing you distress, you can access counselling support through: 1800RESPECT (24/7 national sexual assault and domestic and family violence counselling service) The Healing ... -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Highly Commended - Tom Coon - 2008 Human Rights Photo Competition
Comments: In this photo I have used two of my friends and myself who have a Filipino, Chinese and Australian background. As being victims of racism and discrimination we decided that this was our chance to show our beliefs that no matter what culture you are, everyone should stick together. We thought, what better way to show this than doing something so outrageous as urinating together. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2004 :
A note from the Commissioner New arrangements for Indigenous affairs New arrangements event timeline What are the new arrangements ? Walking with the women Race discrimination and shared responsibility agreements Getting more out of native title Agreement making guidelines Links to the new arrangements Where to from here? -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Annual Report 2003-2004 : Chapter 9: Race Discrimination
Over the past year increasing trends of prejudice and harassment of particular groups in our community has continued to be an area of significant concern for me. As noted in the 2002-03 annual report, I launched the Isma project in March 2003 in response to increasing concerns expressed by Arab and Muslim organisations about the rise in anti-Arab and anti-Muslim prejudice in Australia. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Foreword by Catherine Branson QC
Federal Discrimination Law is produced by the Commission's Legal Section and examines the significant issues that have arisen in federal unlawful discrimination cases. It provides a comprehensive coverage of decisions in the jurisdiction as well as highlighting a range of relevant issues of practice and procedure. -
14 December 2012Book page
AusHRC 55: BZ and AD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship)
2012 BZ and AD v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) Report into breaches of privacy, arbitrary detention, the right for the child to be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person and the failure of the Commonwealth to treat the best interests of the child as a primary consideration [2012] AusHRC 55 Download in PDF [486 KB] ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 2 Profile: Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 2 Profile: Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Chapter 2. Indigenous Deaths in Custody Chapter 3. Comparison: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Deaths in Custody Chapter 4. Arrest and Imprisonment Rates and Most Serious Offence -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2002-2003: finance
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Annual Report 2002 - 2003 Back to contents Financial Statements Click here to download a copy of the published accounts in PDF format. Click here to download the Independent Audit Report relating to the Electronic Presentation of HREOC's Financial Statements. Please note: If you require this information in a more accessible format, please email ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Publication
Native Title Report 2002
Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Recognition of native title Introduction Human Rights Standards relevant to the Recognition of Native Title Cultural Rights Equality and Non-Discrimination Relationship between equality and rights of minorities to protection of their culture Freedom of Religion and Belief Self Determination Human Rights Committee Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The Legal Recognition of Native Title The Process...
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