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Disability Rights26 February 2013Webpage
Guides
Review guidance and advice from the Australian Human Rights Commission on the application of the Disability Discrimination Act. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Publication
Social Justice Report 2011
I am pleased to present to you the Social Justice Report 2011 (the Report), which I have prepared in accordance with section 46C(1)(a) of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act). -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Project
Bringing them home: anniversary
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, launched the Australian Human Rights Commission's ‘Us Taken-Away Kids’ magazine in Sydney on 11 December 2007. -
Disability Rights29 June 2015Publication
The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia
The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia: issues and progress (2001)by Susan Brady, John Britton & Sonia GroverA Report jointly commissioned by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner and the Disability Discrimination Commissioner at... -
14 December 2012Book page
DIAC Response to the 2010 Australian Human Rights Commission Report on Immigration Detention in Darwin (2010)
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Human Rights Commission (the AHRC) 2010 Public Statement on Immigration Detention in Darwin. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2000-2001: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Annual Report 2000-2001 Download complete PDF of report Letter of submission Significant Achievements Statement from the President Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Organisational Chart Chapter 1: The Commission Chapter 2: Complaint Handling Section Chapter 3: Legal Section Chapter 4: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Launch of the It’s Your Right! Adult English as a Second Language (ESL) resource
The Attorney-General, The Hon Robert McClelland, launched the teaching resource about human rights in Australia at the inaugural Settlement Council of Australia (ScoA) Conference on 28 May 2009 in Canberra. The launch was a great success, with approximately 150 people in attendance. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Notice of Grant of Temporary Exemption under section 44(1) of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) [2012]
By this instrument, under section 44(1) of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth)(ADA), the Australian Human Rights Commission grants an exemption to the State of New South Wales - Department of Family and Community Services, Ageing Disability and Home Care (the Applicant) from the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the ADA. The exemption is granted for a period of one year from the date of this instrument and is granted subject to the conditions outlined below. -
4 February 2015Book page
5 What does the law say about detaining children?
5.1 Mandatory detention and lawfulness 5.2 Arbitrariness 5.3 Review of detention 5.4 Shortest appropriate period of time 5.5 Decision-making in relation to children 5.6 Minimum conditions of detention 5.7 Duty of care 5.8 Findings in relation to detention law, policy and practice Both domestic and international human rights law are clear when it comes to the detention of children. The detention of ... -
Rights and Freedoms17 June 2022Speech
Reflections on women and human rights
Thank you to the Lyceum Club for inviting me to speak, and to Christine Yeats and Judith White for your warm introduction. I recall that for my late mother, Dr Amy McGrath OAM, the revival of the Sydney Lyceum Club was very special. In sorting through papers of my parents, following the passing of my father, the Hon Dr Frank McGrath AM OBE, I found mother’s Lyceum Club card, membership number 101 ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Those who've come across the seas: Detention of unauthorised arrivals (1998)
HREOC’s report, tabled in federal Parliament on 12 May 1998, deals with the policy of mandatory detention of most unauthorised arrivals and the conditions of detention for those detained. The report had its origins in the many complaints received by HREOC from, or on behalf of, people in immigration detention centres. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2001-2002: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Annual Report 2001 - 2002 Download complete PDF (2.1 MB) Contents Significant achievements Statement from the President Chapter 1: The Commission Outcomes structure Human rights education and promotion Chapter 2: Complaint Handling Section Chapter 3: Legal Services Chapter 4: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Chapter 5: Disability ... -
Disability Rights5 February 2014Webpage
Equal Before the law: Towards Disability Justice Strategies
Back to Access to Justice main page Synopsis The Report focuses on people with disabilities who need communication supports or who have complex and multiple support needs and who have come in contact with the criminal justice system. Negative assumptions and attitudes, coupled with a lack of support services and minimal provision of adjustments, often means that people with disabilities are viewed ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Corporate Responsibility - Developing principles on Resource Development on Indigenous land: Agreement-Making in Australia
In 2001 Rhonda Kelly and Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh were commissioned by HREOC to undertake a report on Corporate Social Responsibility, Agreement Making and native title in Australia. This Report includes a substantial amount of information on a range of agreements from different parts of Australia and one agreement from Canada. Some of that information is confidential. -
Commission – General23 October 2017Publication
Annual Report 2016-2017
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2016–17 financial year. This year has been challenging and rewarding for the Commission. -
Sex Discrimination23 February 2017Publication
A Conversation in Gender Equality (2017)
In the second half of 2016, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins travelled to every state and territory to learn about Australia’s progress towards gender equality. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 September 2015Publication
Targeted recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
This guideline will help employers to use the ‘special measure’ provisions in the federal Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and state and territory discrimination laws, to target Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for recruitment. -
30 January 2013Webpage
Business Award (sponsored by Audrey Page & Associates)
Business Award Finalists The Business Award is awarded to a corporation that has made a practical and/or policy commitment to the promotion and advancement of human rights in the Australian community. The finalists for 2014 are: KPMG For its Reconciliation Action Plan, which fosters equal access to employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and provides support for ... -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Report No. 17: Appendices
APPENDIX F A: Relevant provisions of the convention on the rights of the child 45B: Relevant provisions of the international covenant on civil and political rights C: Relevant provisions of the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights D: Relevant provisions of the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Chapter 12
Securing sustainable and just economic outcomes for Aboriginal traditional owners and residential communities in the remote regions of the Northern Territory has been an elusive goal for national and Territory governments, various public agencies and community groups for many years. The increasing value and intact environmental nature of much of the Indigenous estate across the North of Australia in a carbon trading context offers opportunities that could create sustainable on-country development for traditional owners in the region through new and exciting economies.
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