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The Commission, as a legal entity, is constituted by the President and the Commissioners. The President is the senior member of the Commission. The Commission meets every six-to-eight weeks to make its decisions. All meetings are minuted.

Appendices Appendix 1 – Total resources and expense for our outcome* Table 37: Resources for outcome Outcome 1 – An Australian society in which human rights are respected, protected and promoted through independent investigation and resolution of complaints, education and research to promote and eliminate discrimination, and monitoring, and reporting on human rights. Budget* 20109–11 $’000…

o The "privative clause" case. o The "Kevin and Jennifer" case. o the "Tampa" case (Federal Court, Full Federal Court and High Court). o the "Catholic Bishops" or "IVF" case in the High Court.

Mr Graeme Innes AM Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission GPO Box 5218 SYDNEY NSW 2001

Creative art forms will include installation, printing, drawing, photography, henna and other organic material, painting, etching, textiles, jewellery, sculpture, sound and video.  Artists will participate in two 3-day Laboratory Intensives that will include workshops, field trips and group discussions. The year will culminate in an exhibition to showcase the work.

This work is protected by copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part may be used or reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Native Title Report 2006 Back to Contents Downloads Download the complete report (PDF) Download the Community Guide (PDF) Chapters Executive Summary (PDF) Chapter 1 (PDF 1.2 MB ) Chapter 2 (PDF 1.5 MB) Chapter 3 (PDF 300 kb) Chapter 4 (PDF 260 kb ) Chapter 5 (PDF 260 kb ) Chapter 6 (PDF 200 kb ) Chapter 7 (PDF 260 kb ) Appendix 1 (PDF 240 kb ) Appendix 2 (PDF 29 kb ) Appendix 3 (PDF 400 kb )…

A special measure is an exception to the general rule that all racial groups must be treated the same. Special measures are permitted by section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Section 8(1) implements Articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), as follows:

In late 2001 the Attorney-General's Department organised a Forum on Illegal Sterilisation of Disabled Minors, which brought together officers from a range of government agencies. The Forum identified a number of legal, education and information activities that might be undertaken to ensure illegal sterilisations do not occur. It was proposed that the Forum meet again in 2002 to review progress…

The Commission is pleased to announce that it has chosen William (Bill) Jolley to write a discussion paper on access to telecommunications for people with a disability. This follows a previous call for expressions of interest.

HREOC’s report, tabled in federal Parliament on 12 May 1998, deals with the policy of mandatory detention of most unauthorised arrivals and the conditions of detention for those detained. The report had its origins in the many complaints received by HREOC from, or on behalf of, people in immigration detention centres.

Abstract; acknowledgements; about the author Foreword Executive summary and recommendations Discussion in brief Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Network development and technology Part 3: Legislative and regulatory environment Part 4: Access by people with disabilities Part 5: Overseas trends and activities References Glossary of Acronyms and words List of organisations, projects and their websites

Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Downloads Download the full report in PDF format (7.21 MB) Community Guide Chapters Introduction (PDF 649 KB) Chapter 1 (PDF 357 KB) Chapter 2 (PDF 1.37 MB) Chapter 3 (PDF 1.91 MB) Chapter 4 (PDF 1.24 MB) Appendix 1 (PDF 1 MB) Appendix 2 (PDF 382 KB) Appendix 3 (PDF 320 KB) Appendix 4 (PDF 314 KB)

Native Title Report 2006 Back to Contents Media Pack Downloads Download the Complete report (PDF) Chapter Downloads Media Release Report finds joint economic aspirations are possible (14 June 2007) Information Sheets 1: Survey of Indigenous land owners about land use and economic development - download in Word 2: 99-year leases on Indigenous land - download in Word 3: Housing - download in…