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Children's Rights24 November 2014Publication
Making Australia More Child Friendly
In 2012, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors how Australia meets its obligations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, issued its Concluding Observations on Australia’s progress. During 2014, the National Children's Commissioner worked with UNICEF Australia and Plan International Australia on developing a youth friendly version of the 2012 Concluding Observations by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Children and young people were consulted during the development of this publication. -
28 November 2014Book page
Lessons
Lesson 1 What makes a community liveable for diverse groups of people? Australian Curriculum links ACHGK043 The factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live and their perceptions of the liveability of places investigating students’ interpretations of the concept of liveability and choices about where to live, including considerations of a broad range of disabilities ... -
28 November 2014Book page
Resources
Activity and Resource Sheets Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Picture Difference Pictures A Picture 1A Source : http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/good-bad-and-ugly-design-and… Picture 2A Source: http://www.sydneytrains.info/stations/station_details.htm Picture 3A Source: Photograph taken by Wotjek Gurak on Flikr Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Picture Difference Pictures B Picture ... -
28 November 2014Book page
Lessons
Discover a range of teaching resources for school students developed by the Human Rights Commission that help raise awareness of disability rights -
28 November 2014Book page
Resources
Activity and Resource Sheets Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Sports and people with disabilities – interactive crossword Across solutions Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Sports and people with disabilities – interactive crossword Down solutions Rights Ed Resource Sheet: Background information - Sport and people with disabilities All people have the right to participate in recreation, leisure and sporting ... -
Education28 November 2014Publication
RightsEd: Tackling Disability Discrimination in Sport
Almost 4 million Australians live with disabilities. If we add families, friends and colleagues, the number of people affected by disability is larger still. -
28 November 2014Book page
Lessons
Teachers can access a series of lesson plans that were created by the Commission to help students build an understanding of human rights issues -
28 November 2014Book page
Resources
Activity and Resource Sheets Rights Ed Resource sheet: What is discrimination? What is discrimination? Discrimination is when you are treated unfairly or differently from others because of a particular personal characteristic. People may experience discrimination in many areas of their daily life. You may face discrimination... at school, TAFE or University in the place where you work or when you ... -
Children's Rights1 December 2014Speech
Children's Week 2014: Discussion on the UNCRC 25 years on and the right to be heard
Megan Mitchell National Children's Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Introduction to Children’s Week 2014 Good afternoon everyone and thank you Robyn for the introduction. I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and where children have been raised and cared for for thousands of years, and pay my respects to their elders both past and ... -
Children's Rights1 December 2014Speech
Children's Week 2014: Discussion on the UNCRC 25 years on and the right to be heard
Megan Mitchell National Children's Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Introduction to Children’s Week 2014 Good afternoon everyone and thank you Robyn for the introduction. I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and where children have been raised and cared for for thousands of years, and pay my respects to their elders both past and ... -
Children's Rights1 December 2014Speech
National Kidsafe Day 2014: Challenging Play - Risk It!
Megan Mitchell National Children's Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Introduction to National Kidsafe Day 2014 Good morning everyone and thankyou Dr Julie Brown for the introduction. Thank you to Kathleen Clapham for the acknowledgement to country this morning. I would also like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and on which children and families have ... -
Education2 December 2014Webpage
Download Human rights in the school classroom
As many teachers and educators know, the knowledge and skills that students develop in the classroom spreads outside - to the school community, families, and to the wider community. This is why human rights education in the classroom is so important. The Commission's series of education resources - RightsED - are designed to help students gain a critical understanding of human rights and ... -
LGBTIQ+2 December 2014Speech
Homosexual Histories Conference 2014
Pride History Group Event 1 Acknowledge traditional owners I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are gathered and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal people present. 2 Introduction Thank you for the warm welcome. Thank you also for the invitation to speak ... -
Children's Rights4 December 2014Webpage
Submissions - Intentional self-harm and suicidal behaviour in children
140 written submissions were received in response to the National Children's Commissioenr's examination into intentional self-harm, with or without suicidal intent, in children and young people. Submissions were received from individuals, government, private and non-government organisations. Some submissions are redacted to protect privacy and confidentiality. Submission 2 - Name Withheld ... -
Sex Discrimination4 December 2014Project
Violence against women
Violence against women continues to be one of the most prevalent human rights abuses in Australia, and around the world. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice5 December 2014Speech
Social Justice and Native Title Report 2014 Launch
Social Justice and Native Title Report 2014 Launch by Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission -
Children's Rights8 December 2014Publication
What does the Children’s Rights Report 2014 say?
Child friendly version of the 2014 Children's Rights Report. This is my second report. I am going to talk about the human rights of children and young people and the main things in my report. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 December 2014Opinion piece
Engage with us, says Commissioner Gooda
It has been just over twelve months since Australia elected Tony Abbott as Prime Minister. It’s been a time of great expectations, anxieties and stress for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Australians. During the 2013 election campaign, Prime Minister Abbott pledged to be the nation’s first ‘Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs’. His commitment to achieve positive and practical change in the lives of ... -
Children's Rights8 December 2014Project
Child-friendly version of the Children's Rights Report 2014
In December 2014, the National Children's Commissioner published a child-friendly version of her Children’s Rights Report 2014. The child-friendly report is a short, easy-to-read summary of the contents of the National Children's Commissioner's report to Parliament. The National Children's Commissioner wanted children and young people to be able to access easily the findings of her report. The ... -
Commission – General10 December 2014Webpage
2014-human-rights-medal-and-awards-winners
Human Rights Awards 2014 To view photos of the 2014 Awards please view our flickr account. The 2014 event was live streamed and can be viewed below: Human Rights Medal Dorothy Hoddinott AO Dorothy Hoddinott AO is the principal of Holroyd High School in Greystanes. She has demonstrated a 20-year commitment to advancing the education rights of young people and refugees. In 2002, Ms Hoddinott ...
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