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Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Mulrunji
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ('the Commission') makes these submissions in relation to the comments that may be made by the Coroner in this matter. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
exemption decision: W.A. firearms act
Call for submissions Overview Options for Commission decision Issues Temporariness or permanence of need for exemption Relevance of public health and safety issues to exemption decisions Does any substantial issue of unlawfulness under the DDA arise Services Exercise of powers under sections 11 and 20 as services Actions of medical practitioners under section 23B Qualifying bodies Is there any… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Human rights at your fingertips - Human rights at your fingertips
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. -
Commission – General18 January 2022Webpage
Senate File Listing: 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021
Senate File List for the Australian Human Rights Commission for 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021. See previous Prefix ID Title Created CPW 2021/0824135113 19 - Friday 2 July 2021 2/7/21 CPW 2021/0823144128 Case law 2/7/21 RDT 2021/0824152521 Visit Victoria - Staff Offsite Day 2/7/21 INT 2021/082115632 6. AI_HR Team 2/7/21 INT 2021/0816125015 Correspondence 3/7/21 EXEC 2021/0828995 Meeting 3… -
26 March 2014Book page
Chapter 3: Overview of implementation of ADF Review recommendations
The ADF Review contained 21 recommendations. The Chiefs of Service Committee (COSC) agreed to 15 of these, with the further six agreed ‘in principle’. The Chief of the Defence Force stated that ‘in principle’ agreement indicates that the COSC unanimously agreed to the concept and intent of the recommendations, but practical implementation considerations require that a more detailed… -
Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Languages
Treating someone differently because of the language that they speak may be against the law. Find out more in this quick guide for employers. -
Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Direct Discrimination
Understanding Direct Discrimination. Learn about unlawful treatment based on protected characteristics. -
Legal9 September 2013Submission
Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Civics and Citizenship Curriculum Year 3 to Year 10
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Legal9 September 2013Submission
Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Economics and Business Curriculum: Years 5-10
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28 November 2014Book page
Resources
Activity and Resource Sheets Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Picture Difference Pictures A Picture 1A Source: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/good-bad-and-ugly-design-and… Picture 2A Source: http://www.sydneytrains.info/stations/station_details.htm Picture 3A Source: Photograph taken by Wotjek Gurak on Flikr Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Picture Difference Pictures B Picture -
Legal17 July 2013Submission
Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum: Foundation to Year 10
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Legal17 July 2013Submission
Inquiry into Children, Young People and the Built Environment
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Legal17 July 2013Submission
Sentencing of Federal Offenders
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Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Positive Discrimination
Understanding Positive Discrimination, legal measures promoting equality. Learn about special measures to promote equality based on age, sex, race or disability. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1) Background to Hotham's work with asylum seekers 2) Asylum Seekers in the Community 3) Addressing the needs of asylum seekers in the community 4) The transition from detention to the community 5) Positive Outcomes 6) Appendix 1: General Community Release Issues 7) Appendix 2: Summary of the Swedish Model of Detention -
Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Racial Discrimination
A quick guide to racial discrimination, legal protection, and special measures to promote racial equality. Promote diversity and prevent discrimination in your workplace. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Cinema captioning and audio description: Submissions in response to application for temporary exemption under DDA section 55
Submissions are grouped here by file type for ease of reference. Where no file type is indicated, the submission is in text or HTM and should open in any browser. Please email us if you have difficulty with any files. All submissions are the responsibiltiy of their authors. Emails have been saved as text files for ease of access and to remove private data; and one very large Word file has been… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Human rights at your fingertips
Learn about the principles of human rights, which include the right to self-determination and the right to political, economic and social development. -
Rights and Freedoms11 March 2015Opinion piece
Is freedom under pressure globally?
Behind human rights is the still revolutionary idea that every human being is free and equal, that individuals own their own bodies and should be free to pursue their lives, opportunities and enterprise. Human rights provide the foundation for our liberal democracy, our market economy and our civil society. It was the signing 800 years ago of the Magna Carta, or Great Charter of 1215, by… -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 2 Profile: Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Chapter 2 Profile: Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Chapter 2. Indigenous Deaths in Custody Chapter 3. Comparison: Indigenous and non-Indigenous Deaths in Custody Chapter 4. Arrest and Imprisonment Rates and Most Serious Offence