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Children's Rights24 July 2018Webpage
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and reporting on children's rights
What is the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child? The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is a United Nations (UN) body which monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and its Optional Protocols by States parties to the Convention. The UN Committee is made up of 18 independent experts from a range of countries. The UN… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 April 2013Publication
Draft guidelines: Ensuring income management measures compliancy
The Commission has issued these draft guidelines to provide practical assistance to Parliament and the Government in designing and implementing income management measures that protect human rights and are consistent with the RDA. They are also intended to increase awareness among affected communities about the application of the RDA to income management regimes. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 18
Indigenous mental health is finally on the national agenda. As participants in the National Mental Health Strategy, States and Territories acknowledge the importance of the issue. Some of the effects of removal including loss and grief, reduced parenting skills, child and youth behavioural problems and youth suicide are increasingly recognised. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 06-07: Chapter 4 - Complaint handling section
The President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is responsible for the investigation and conciliation of complaints lodged under federal anti-discrimination and human rights law. Staff of HREOC’s Complaint Handling Section (CHS) assist the President to investigate and resolve complaints. The CHS also provides information to the public about the law and the… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: Chapter 5: Addressing family violence in Indigenous communities
back to contents Chapter 5: Addressing family violence in Indigenous communities There is no issue currently causing more destruction to the fabric of Indigenous communities than family violence. This has been acknowledged by all levels of government in recent years, with a number of significant inquiries and initiatives undertaken or commenced at the federal, state and territory level to address… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice29 October 2013Speech
Policing Partnerships: How Justice Reinvestment works with Aboriginal communities
NSW Police Seminar, University of Western Sydney -
Age Discrimination22 April 2015Publication
National prevalence survey of age discrimination in the workplace 2015
Download the National Prevalence Survey of Age Discrimination in the Workplace 2015 and learn about how age discrimination is a barrier to entry for employment. -
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
A Time to Value - Media Pack
HREOC contracted the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) to undertake research into the cost of a national system of paid maternity leave. NATSEM has estimated that the net cost of HREOC's proposed paid maternity leave scheme would be $213 million in 2003-04. -
14 December 2012Book page
Close the Gap - Part 1 Background
That the governments of Australia commit to achieving equality of health status and life expectation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous people within 25 years. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: SUMMARY SHEET SEVEN: ADDRESSING FAMILY VIOLENCE IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
There is no issue currently causing more destruction to the fabric of Indigenous communities than family violence. This has been acknowledged by all levels of government in recent years, with a number of significant inquiries and initiatives undertaken or commenced at the federal, state and territory level to address its impact. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Australia's Immigration Detention Centres are contradictory to the human rights of the child. The Immigration Detention experience is extremely harmful to children and has effects of traumatisation and re-traumatisation during the Detention experience and continuing after release. Concerning alternatives to Detention, the present options are also not geared towards the best interest of the child. -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody
Paul Blackmore’s photographs illustrate this report. They depict an inspired local initiative. Five years ago the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody drew attention to the appalling conditions in police lock-ups in rural Australia. The cells in Murgon, three hours north-west of Brisbane, were typical - dirty, disgusting, depressing. Detective Sergeant Ryan and Senior Sergeant… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008 - Appendix 8
The DKCRC is dedicated to improving conditions for all desert Australians and it recognises that there have been past instances of Aboriginal people’s knowledge and intellectual property being misappropriated and exploited. The DKCRC Board also recognises that the DKCRC’s objectives will only be achieved by working in equitable partnership with Aboriginal people. Such partnerships… -
Commission – General10 December 2015Speech
The future of human rights in Australia
AHRC Awards 2015 Thank you Craig for your generosity, for the 4th time, in guiding us through the awards. Well done for your very funny and successful Media Circus. Your honours, distinguished guests, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and respect their elders. Today, it really is about you! We are here to… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law 2005: Chapter 5: The Disability Discrimination Act
The DDA covers discrimination on the ground of disability, including discrimination because of the use of a therapeutic device or aid;1 accompaniment by a carer or assistant;2 or accompaniment by an assistance animal.3 -
29 January 2013Book page
Appendix J – Examples of Best Practice from International Contexts
Introduction and Methodology As indicated in the body of the Report, the Review examined a range of international defence academies identified as bearing the greatest similarity to ADFA in terms of size, structure, or the wider contexts within which they functioned. [505] The Review conducted a broad ranging scan of Government and Defence Force inquiries, reports and evaluations; as well as… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees10 July 2013Webpage
Immigration detention reports and photos
Immigration detention reports: The reports below published by the Commission outline issues of concern arising from its visits to immigration detention facilities. 2018 Inspection of Adelaide Immigration Detention Centre Report (2018) - Dept. of Home Affairs response to Adelaide Immigration Detention Centre Inspection of Perth Immigration Detention Centre Report (2018) - Dept. of Home… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the Review of ATSIC
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. [1] It responds to the public discussion paper titled 'Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission - June 2003'. -
14 December 2012Book page
A Bad Business - Media Release
Media Pack Index | Media Release | Launch Speech by Pru Goward | Speech by Nareen Young | Case Studies Fact Sheets: Key Findings | The Complaints Process | Legal Definition of Sexual Harassment | Cost to Employers
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