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Submission to the Joint Select Committee’s inquiry into Australia’s Family Law System

1. Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide the Department of Social Services (DSS) with this submission in response to the National Disability Strategy: Position Paper [i] (the Position Paper) regarding the development of a new National Disability Strategy (the New Strategy). The Commission is Australia’s national human rights …

The Commission’s recommendations are aimed at ensuring that the data retention regime is more closely tailored to the purpose of fighting serious crime and is subject to appropriate safeguards and oversight.

The Commission has for many years highlighted concerns that geographical location can impact negatively on the ability of people to have their rights realised, including the right to education.

Submission to the Early Release Review, The Treasury

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Explore a submission made by the Commission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in relation to family violence.

Letter to the Department of Communications and the Arts

Letter to the Department of Communications and the Arts

Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs

Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs

Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) in relation to its ‘Review of AFP Powers’.

The Commission considers that the declared areas provisions place significant restrictions on the human rights of persons affected by them.

The Bill would amend the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO’s) compulsory questioning powers under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (Cth) (ASIO Act).

The concerns outlined in this submission draw on the Commission’s work inspecting Australia’s immigration detention facilities. The Commission has conducted such inspections since the mid-1990s.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission).

Explore the Commission's submission to the Senate inquiry in to the Social Security Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition Bill from 2019.

The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security with respect to its inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019.