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Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Right to education
Back to rights and freedoms: right by right ICESCR Article 13 | Other instruments | International scrutiny More information | Comments ICESCR Article 13 ICESCR Article 13 states: The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to education. They agree that education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the sense of its dignity, and… -
14 December 2012Book page
Webcast: Premises Standards awareness seminar 2010
Welcome to the webcast of the Premises Standards awareness seminar presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Building Codes Board. -
Commission – General31 May 2016Speech
Australian Corporate Lawyers Association Corporate
Check against delivery Keynote Address - Australian Corporate Lawyers Association Corporate Good morning and thank you for your warm introduction. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet – the Gadigal people of the Eora nation and their elders past and present. Introduction I was pleased to receive your invitation to join you at today’s conference to… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Opportunity knocks
I follow this custom wherever I go to speak in public. I think recognising Australia ' s indigenous peoples and their prior ownership of this land in this way is more than just good manners. It is an important part of recognising our diversity as a nation. -
14 December 2012Book page
Comment: specific to Remote areas
Defining 'remote' as those regions where the nearest Capital city is a thousands plus kilometre away and / or, where the largest population centres have only thousands of occupants and are hundreds of kilometres away. -
Rights and Freedoms17 January 2019Project
Free and Equal: An Australian conversation on human rights
What makes an effective system of human rights protection for 21st century Australia? What are we doing well and what steps do we still need to take? -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS) is an independent non-government organisation and is the peak body for the social and community services sector in NSW. NCOSS works with its members on behalf of disadvantaged people and communities towards achieving social justice in New South Wales. It was established in 1935 and is part of a national network of Councils of Social Service which… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
National Legal Aid Best practice Conference
I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna People, the traditional owners of the land on which we stand and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present. -
Legal14 December 2012Speech
Law Seminar 2008: Homelessness and Human Rights by Sue Cripps
Paper presented at the Homelessness and Human Rights Seminar Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 12.30 – 2pm, Monday 7 August 2008 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Recommendation for granting of temporary exemption under the Disability Discrimination Act: Hervey Bay RSL
Explore a report where the Commission recommends a temporary exemption under the Disability Discrimination Act to the Hervey Bay RSL Club. -
14 December 2012Book page
A Report on Visits to Immigration Detention Facilities by the Human Rights Commissioner 2001
1.1 Background to this report 1.2 Compliance with human rights obligations 1.3 Conduct of visits 1.4 Overview of immigration detention facilities 1.5 Response by Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus is located approximately twenty minutes from Villawood Detention Centre. Within the School of Education and Early Childhood Studies there is a strong commitment to social justice and to the celebration of diversity. The undergraduate early childhood program developed by academics at the university promotes awareness of the rights of children and… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Opinion piece
Don’t forget the disabled in flood reconstruction (2011)
The following opinion pieces have been published by the President and Commissioners. Reproduction of the opinion pieces must include reference to where the opinion piece was originally published. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President Speech: The protection of rights and its positive impact on well-being (2010)
I would like to begin today by acknowledging the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation of peoples and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
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As the world awaits the birth of the new millenium with a level of anxiety we come to associate with expecting parents, I am pleased to note that the United Nations, in nominating 1999 the International Year of Older Persons, has not, at the last, forgotten the grandparents. -
Education6 March 2013Speech
Education and Human Rights – Recognising one, realising all
Speech delivered by Professor Gillian Triggs, former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, on the topic of the right to equality and education. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 06-07: Appendix 3
During 2006–07, HREOC received 18 initial requests for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act. HREOC was also asked to conduct an internal review of two of those decisions. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
DR OZDOWSKI: This is one of a series of hearings to be conducted around Australia. My name is Dr Sev Ozdowski and I am the Human Rights Commissioner and I am assisted in the Inquiry by two colleagues of mine, Mrs Robin Sullivan who is to the left of me, the Queensland Children's Commissioner. To the right of me is Dr Trang Thomas who is a Professor of Psychology at Melbourne Institute of… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY EXEMPTION UNDER THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT: Northern Districts Model Engineering Society
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 25 November 2003 under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") concerning access to premises occupied by the Northern Districts Model Engineering Society. -
11 February 2014Book page
4 Actions and statements of principle
The Commission considers that each jurisdiction in Australia requires an holistic, coordinated response to the issues raised in this report through a Disability Justice Strategy. The development of a Disability Justice Plan in South Australia provides a good potential model for achieving this. The Commission considers that any Disability Justice Strategy should address a core set of…
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