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Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights and Human Security
Firstly, I must applaud Amnesty International Australia’s campaign to secure a fair trial for David Hicks. I hope you take some heart from the recent US Supreme Court ruling that the military commissions set up to try prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are illegal and must be abandoned. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Amicus Submission: Ferneley
1. On 22 October 2001 the Sex Discrimination Commissioner ("the SD Commissioner") filed a Notice of Motion seeking to move the Court for orders that the SD Commissioner be granted leave to appear as amicus curiae in these proceedings, together with any consequential orders and directions. The Notice of Motion was supported by an affidavit of the SD Commissioner affirmed on 19 October… -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people making complaints
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has three areas of complaints we can investigate and resolve. They are: Claims of unlawful discrimination This includes complaints of discrimination, harassment and bullying based on a person’s: sex, including pregnancy, marital or relationship status (including same-sex de facto couples), breastfeeding, family responsibilities, sexual … -
Education8 April 2016Webpage
Bring Human Rights to School
Empower your school community by promoting human rights through education and awareness. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1. Save the Children Save the Children is the world's largest independent child development organisation, with 32 member countries and programs in over 100 countries. Save the Children works for: -
Children's Rights10 October 2014Opinion piece
It's time to strengthen our surrogacy laws to help protect children
NATIONWIDE regulations are urgently needed to cover situations when Australians are engaging surrogates to have children for them. The range of assisted reproductive technologies available today presents many legal, moral and ethical challenges. These are challenges we can no longer ignore and require national, state and international leadership. In Australia, altruistic surrogacy is… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
National Security Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
At the hearing held 13 April 2005, the Commission took a number of questions on notice. I am advised that the answers to the Honourable Senators’ questions are as set out below. -
14 December 2012Book page
Human Rights: On the record
The following Guidelines form the basis for best practice workplace policy and practice on employing people with a criminal record. They are described in more detail in On the Record – Guidelines for the prevention of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record. -
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
Human Rights: On the record: Preface
Every employer has the right to employ someone of their own choosing, based on a person’s suitability for a job. Employers best understand the main requirements of that job and what qualities are needed in an employee to meet those requirements. Yet it is also in employers’ interests to treat job applicants and employees fairly and in accordance with legal obligations. -
Human Resources18 March 2015Webpage
Working at the Commission
Discover all the great reasons why you should apply for a job working at the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Intervention in court proceedings - The Australian Human Rights Commission Guidelines
The Australian Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’) has a function to intervene, with a Court’s leave, in proceedings involving issues of discrimination or human rights (otherwise known as ‘intervention issues’). -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Commissioners: DR SEV OZDOWSKI, Human Rights Commissioner MRS ROBIN SULLIVAN, Queensland Children's Commissioner PROFESSOR TRANG THOMAS, Professor of Psychology, Melbourne Institute of Technology MS VANESSA LESNIE, Secretary to the Inquiry -
14 December 2012Book page
DIAC Response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2009 Immigration Detention and Offshore Processing on Christmas Island Report
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) report on Immigration detention and offshore processing on Christmas Island following its visit to Christmas Island in July 2009. -
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… -
14 December 2012Book page
The Human Rights of Rural Australians
Human rights are universal. This means they apply to all people wherever they live and whatever their circumstances. People living in rural areas have an equal entitlement to human rights as those people who live in urban areas. However, for rural Australians, the full enjoyment of their human rights can sometimes be problematic. The reasons for this are many and varied. They include issues of… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
GRANT OF TEMPORARY EXEMPTION: MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT S.A. and OTHERS
By this instrument the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission"), pursuant to an application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("the Act") on behalf of the Minister for Transport of the State of South Australia, TransAdelaide and the South Australian Passenger Transport Board ("the applicants") grants an exemption in… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Notice of inquiry: Application for temporary exemption: Air South
The Commission has received an application from Air South Pty. Ltd. (a charter and airline operator based in Adelaide) under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act so as to permit a number of restrictions on carriage of passengers with disability on its aircraft. The aircraft have passenger capacities ranging from 4 to 15 and the application is thus made by reference to sections 23 and… -
8 December 2020Book page
Part 3: Living and belonging
Learn about the Wiyi Yani U Thangani project, which works to improve health, housing and education outcomes for Indigenous women and girls in Australia. -
Human Resources18 March 2015Webpage
Culture and Diversity
Learn about how the Commission supports a diverse and positive workplace culture knowing that diversity is a key element of any effective organisation.
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