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Commission – General
14 December 2012WebpageTenders
Current tenders None listed. For more about Australian Government Tenders, please visit the AusTender website at www.tenders.gov.au/ -
14 December 2012Book page
25th Anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984
The SDA is amended to extend the prohibition of sexual harassment; allow for representative complaints; bring industrial awards under the act and introduce conciliation as a method for addressing victimisation. -
14 December 2012Book page
RightsED: Tackling sexual harassment - Script
The DVD is set in a typical high school in Australia. One of the students is doing a video presentation on her school's culture and she's investigating whether or not sexual harassment exists there. -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 4 - rightsED
It was a landmark for Australia - the first federal law to say that all people have the right to be treated fairly, regardless of their background, culture or colour. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageAccess to Information
Part II of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) establishes an Information Publication Scheme (IPS) for Australian Government agencies subject to the FOI Act. The IPS commences on 1 May 2011 and requires agencies to publish a broad range of information on their websites. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Compliance Reports
<h3>Compliance Reports</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/node/669">Annual Reports</a></li> <li><a href="/node/15021">Budget PBS 2018-2019</a></li> <li><a href="/node/15165">Commission Senate File Listing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/AHRC%20Corporate%20Plan%202017-18%20.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=11109847">AHRC Corporate Plan 2017-18</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/AHRC_Executive_Remuneration_2016-2017.docx">AHRC Executive Remuneration 2016-2017</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/de"></a></li></ul> -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Downloads - rightsED
Explore a range of downloadable activities and resources in relation to Human Rights Day, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Introduction - rightsED
December 10 is the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations (UN) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR sets out a certain set of rights that are the basic and minimum set of human rights for all citizens. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Resource sheet 1 - rightsED
Before the start of the war there were a number of countries, particularly Germany and Japan, which were dictatorships – countries in which the people had no say over the government. Those governments were both expansionist – that is, they wanted to expand their own territories by taking over other countries by force – and they were both ruthless in their treatment of those who disagreed with them. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Activity sheet 1 - rightsED
Discover an activity that explores human rights violations during war while also highlighting the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. -
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). -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Senate File Listing - 1 January 2013 - 30 June 2013
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14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2001-2002: Orgchart 2
<p><a name="anchor" id="anchor"></a> </p> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BodyText" --><p><img src="/sites/default/files/content/about/publications/annual_reports/2000_2001/images/orgchart.gif" width="945" height="665" alt="Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Organisational Chart" loading="lazy"> </p> <p><a href="/about/publications/annual_reports/2000_2001/orgchart.html">Click<br> here to return to the Organisation Chart Page<br><br> </a> <a href="/about/publications/annual_reports/2000_2001/index.html">Click here to return to the Annual Report Index Page</a></p> -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Complaint Guides
The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent third party which investigates complaints about discrimination and human rights breaches. It does not act as an advocate or legal representative for a party to a complaint. The complaint process is simple, free and flexible. Please click on the links below to view the outline of each one of them. -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Pathways to Resolution: The conciliation process of the Australian Human Rights Commission
One of the Commission's main roles is to try to resolve complaints made under federal human rights and discrimination law through a process called 'conciliation' -
14 December 2012Book page
Complaint statistics - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
*Complaints in this category were not conciliable and therefore transferred from the Commission’s Complaint Handling Section to the Legal Section for further inquiry and possible reporting. -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Complaints under the Sex Discrimination Act
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the SDA) makes it against the law to treat you unfairly because of your: sex; gender identity; intersex status; sexual orientation; marital or relationship status (including same-sex de facto couples); family responsibilities; because you are pregnant or might become pregnant; because you are breastfeeding. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Human Rights Briefs (1999 - 2001)
The Human Rights Brief provides legal practitioners, community advocates and others with guidance on the content and scope of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Australia and their use in Australian law. Each number will cover a specific topic. -
14 December 2012Book page
Close the Gap - National Indigenous Health Equality Targets
On 20 December 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a partnership between all levels of government to work with Indigenous1 communities to achieve the target of ‘closing the gap’ on Indigenous disadvantage; and notably, to close the 17-year gap in life expectancy within a generation, and to halve the mortality rate of Indigenous children within ten-years. -
14 December 2012Book page
Close the Gap - Part 1 Background
In my 2005 Social Justice Report1, I argued that it was unacceptable for a country as rich as ours, and one based on the notion of the ‘fair go’ and the ‘level playing field’, to tolerate the gross health inequality that has existed between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians for at long as records have been kept. I called for action, and I made recommendations that set out a broad path to bring it to an end as soon as practicable.