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14 December 2012Book page
Current policy and operating context: African Australians - Compendium (2010)
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
17 January 2019Opinion pieceTurning the tide on Indigenous children in out of home care
<p>Child protection intervention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families across the country is at crisis point.</p> <p>Women are telling me it’s like another stolen generation and as I travel across Australia hearing their stories, it certainly does feel that way.</p> <p>As the 2018 Family Matters report reveals, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children make up just over 36 per cent of all children living in out-of-home care across the country.</p> <p>Our children are 10.1 times more likely to be taken away from their families than other Australian children.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
We at the coalition for Justice for Refugees, make our submission on the belief that every child in Australia has the right to survival, participation and development and it is in the interest of the child and the rest of Australia that these basic needs are meet. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech3rd National Conference on Human Rights and Mental Health
I would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal People , the traditional owners of the land on which we stand, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Commission – General
15 November 2017WebpageWinners and Finalists of the 2017 Human Rights Awards
<h3>&nbsp;</h3><h2>Human Rights Medal</h2><p><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">The Human Rights Medal is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of human rights in Australia. The medal has a rich history of prestigious winners.</span></p> -
Commission – General
26 April 2013Webpage
Ms Megan Mitchell - National Children's Commissioner
<h3>Megan Mitchell</h3> <h4>Former National Children's Commissioner (2013 - 2020)</h4> <h3><img alt="Megan Mitchell" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5ecae3d7-6af4-43ec-8cd1-ddde85be7d4e" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Megan-Mitchell_079_Full-Crop_200x300.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 10px;" width="200" height="300" loading="lazy"></h3> <div class="card"> <div class="card-section"> <div class="grid-x grid-padding-x"> <div class="cell medium-auto"> <p>Megan Mitchell was Australia's National Children's Commissioner from 25 February 2013 - 24 March 2020.&nbsp;</p></div></div></div></div> -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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The theme of this Conference - Human Rights and Equality for Women in the 21st Century - is rich fare for any time of the day. It calls for speculation about the future and assessment of the past; it invites fresh perspectives and challenges the imagination; it asks for re-examination of motives and goals. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012SpeechLaunch of Human Rights Week, Tasmania
I’d also thank the Human Rights Week Organising Committee here in Tasmania, and congratulate them on their 20th Anniversary. Human Rights Week has been successfully and continuously marked with a number of events each year over the past 20 years in Tasmania. And that in itself, is a remarkable achievement. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageCommission submission - MIRIUWUNG
A. International treaties and the interpretation of Statutes B. International treaties and the development of the common law C. International law and the Constitution D. Relevant human rights norms -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 10
Children's experiences following their removal contributed to the effects of the removal upon them at the time and in later life. In this chapter we briefly survey the evidence to the Inquiry concerning those experiences which have had the most significant impacts on well-being and development. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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I feel very honoured to have been invited to contribute to this symposium. As a theme for today's discussion, I have chosen the notions of regionalisation and responsibility within Asia and the Pacific. I believe that the ability to accept responsibility for our neighbourhood, and to generate cooperative regional dialogues and actions to fulfill that responsibility will be the key to meeting the challenges and opportunities human rights will face in the new century. -
14 December 2012Book page
International Review of Indigenous issues in 2000: Australia - 1. Introduction
The issue of Indigenous people and racism is among the most complex and divisive in Australia today. The source of this complexity and division is to be found in the history of race relations in Australia, which commenced with the illegitimate acquisition of sovereignty in 1788 under the auspices of the doctrine of terra nullius. Over successive generations policies and practices have aimed to eliminate Indigenous people, to 'smooth the pillow' of what was seen as a dying race, and later to assimilate Indigenous people within the white culture. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2003 : Native Title Report 2003 Summary
The Native Title Report 2003 evaluates native title as a framework for economic and social development for traditional owner groups. While the legal framework for native title restricts its capacity to improve economic and social conditions for Indigenous people, the Report recognises that the native title agreement-making process provides an invaluable opportunity for States and Territories to take a broader policy approach. The approach advocated in the Report is developed in four chapters which deal with the following topics: -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
27 July 2017Speech
National Suicide Prevention Conference
<h3>Acknowledgements and Intro</h3> <p><strong>[Introduction in Bunuba]</strong></p> <p><strong>Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Yagara a yani u.&nbsp;&nbsp; Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami yarrangi thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani.&nbsp; Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. J Ngindaji ngay walyayi thangani u nyana thangani u + mindija</strong></p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2002-2003: Chapter 6
In the contemporary world, especially amongst first world economies, the culture of civil liberties, freedoms and non-discrimination are reasonably well established and these precepts have clear links to innovation, creativity and the broader concepts of economic productivity and a well-functioning civil society. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Alex
1.1 On 15 January 2004, the Family Court granted leave to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") to intervene in these proceedings, pursuant to s 92 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) ("Family Law Act"). -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Activity sheet 2 - rightsED
Some of these principles relate to civil and political rights which defend the fundamental right to life, and states that no one can be tortured, enslaved, arbitrarily imprisoned, made to do forced labour, or be restricted from such basic freedoms as movement, expression and association. Such principles are stated in negative terms such as ‘freedom from’ (discrimination, torture etc). -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Human rights for people with intellectual disabilities in Australia: where to from here?
I will not speak in detail about human rights conventions and disability because this topic is addressed by my co-speaker in this session, Karl Lachwitz. I will say though that international human rights law and human rights debate has not yet acknowledged adequately or sufficiently clearly that people with a disability are part of what the "human" in human rights means. Equally, there has not always been enough attention to human rights dimensions in disability discourse. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
3 March 2016Publication
Summary of the Toomelah Report (Community Guide)
<h2><strong>SUMMARY OF</strong> <strong>THE TOOMELAH REPORT</strong></h2> -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: Commission intervener
1.1 On 8 February 2002, the Full Court granted leave to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") to intervene in this appeal, pursuant to s.92 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) ("Family Law Act").