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Discover an overview of human rights material prepared by the Attorney-General’s Department in consultation with the Australian Human Rights Commission.

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CorrigendumAustralian Human Rights Commission2011-12 Annual Report Page 107Substitute “1,197” with “1,302” for Trade and other receivable under the column Carrying amount 2011 $’000 Substitute “8,780” with “8,885” for Total under the column Carrying amount in 2011 $’000

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Learn about how a process called the right to effective remedy can help protect people when their human rights have been violated.

Learn how under human rights legislation, women enjoy equal rights to men in all areas of life, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural.

Learn how the government may take measures that impact human rights in a national emergency, though not related to race, sex, religion or social origin.

Learn how human rights and freedoms are protected under Australian and international law and that there are limited situations where they can be infringed.

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Human Rights Commission Occasional Paper no.14</h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;">November 1986</h2> <h2>Contents</h2> <ul></ul>

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Learn that under human rights law, no person shall be subjected to torture or subjected without free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.

Read about the Commission's work in relation to ending slavery, including any forced or compulsory labour, along with the slave trade.

Learn how under human rights law, no person can be held under arbitrary arrest or detention, including persons in immigration detention.

Learn how under human rights law, all Australians have the right to humane treatment while in detention and that adults and children must be separated.

Learn how Australians could once be imprisoned on the grounds of not fulfilling a contract and how this is no longer the case.

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