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Reach Out is an online community for young people that can help with mental health and wellbeing related issues they also provide opportunities for connecting with young people.  http://au.reachout.com

The Department of Multicultural Affairs has been provided with an opportunity to comment on the report and submitted their response on 15 December 2000. A covering letter and the response are available below.

Download in PDF Download in Word Table Of Contents Homelessness in Australia Homelessness and human rights Why are violence, harassment and bullying human rights issues? Protection from violence, harassment and bullying is a stand-alone human right Violence, harassment and bullying as a cause of homelessness Violence, harassment and bullying against people experiencing homelessness Hidden,…

Cyberbullying can be detrimental to a person's mental and physical health. Victims can experience significant social isolation and feel unsafe. It can lead to emotional and physical harm, loss of self-esteem, feelings of shame and anxiety, concentration and learning difficulties. Incidents of young people committing suicide have also occurred.

This significant new process involves a review of the human rights record of each member of the UN on a periodic basis (at present, every four years). Australia makes its first appearance in January 2011.

This statement is made on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, which is Australia’s ‘A status’ national human rights institution.[1]

Australia has a proud history of supporting human rights. Australia played a key role in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights more than sixty years ago. Since then, Australia has been a leading voice for the implementation of human rights across the globe.

View the Australian Human Rights Commission's chart of related rights and articles in human rights instruments.

Discover the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognises the inherent dignity and equal rights of all humanity.

Learn about the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, which recognises the inherent dignity and equal rights of all of humanity.

View resources that document various areas of human rights, including Indigenous, disability, children, women, racial, civil, social and cultural rights.

Chart of Australian treaty ratifications as of May 2012.

Learn about the principles of human rights, which include the right to self-determination and the right to political, economic and social development.

Considering that the Charter of the United Nations is based on the principles of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings, and that all Member States have pledged themselves to take joint and separate action, in co-operation with the Organization, for the achievement of one of the purposes of the United Nations which is to promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of…

On 18 December 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981 after the twentieth country had ratified it. By the tenth anniversary of the Convention in 1989, almost one hundred nations have agreed to be bound by its provisions.

Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,