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Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Sydney City Access Forum
I would like to thank you Councillor Kemmis and your CEO Monica Barone for the invitation to attend this Forum as it gives me an opportunity to discuss the critical role that Local Government can play in ensuring people with disabilities have access to, and are able to contribute to, the social, cultural, economic and political community in which we live. -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendix 5: Position paper on achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait - Social Justice Report 2011
Indigenous individuals have an equal right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. States shall take the necessary steps with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of this right. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2006: Recommendations
In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1) (a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes 8 recommendations – 3 in relation to the accessibility of mainstream services under the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs, 1 in relation to engaging with Indigenous communities under the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs and 4… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Mandatory immigration detention of children in Australia: how far have we come and where to from here? (2010)
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respect to their elders past and present. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Webpage
Reparations for the stolen generations - Government responds - Bob McMullan
I am pleased to be here today at the Moving Forward: Reparations for the Stolen Generation Conference. I have been following the Moving Forward project by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, ATSIC and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission closely and look forward to hearing the outcomes from this project. -
Commission – General3 September 2024Speech
Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner
Our legal system frequently provides unequal access to justice, with varying standards based on one’s identity, location, and financial status. Rights granted by law are ineffective if they cannot be enforced. A speech by Hugh de Krester. -
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… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill (No 2) 2009 (Cth) (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (the Committee) in its Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill (No 2) 2009 (Cth) (the Bill). -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Recommendation 1: The Commission recommends that the Australian Government fully incorporate into Australian law its human rights obligations to children, including through the adoption of a federal Human Rights Act. -
Legal31 May 2016Speech
Hotung Fellowship Public Lecture 2016
Human rights across the Tasman: a widening gulf. I am honoured to have been invited to give this lecture at the Law School of the University of Canterbury, funded by the generosity of the Sir Eric Hotung Fellowship. -
Children's Rights12 November 2013Speech
Realising child rights in the early years
Closing speech Infant and Early Childhood Social and Emotional Wellbeing Conference 2013National Convention Centre, Canberra CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 1. Acknowledgments Thank you, Lance, for that kind introduction. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present, and other Aboriginal people here… -
Children's Rights5 November 2013Speech
Respecting children’s voices in play and learning
Megan Mitchell National Children’s Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Continuing the conversation: are all the voices being heard Crown Plaza, Hunter Valley Friday 18 October 2013 View slides 1. Acknowledgments Slide 1 Thank you Aunty Marge for your Welcome to Country. I too would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we meet on today. It is on their ancestral… -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Part E Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
The deceased was serving a life sentence for murder, having been convicted on 26 April 1978. In April 1991 he was granted permission to attend the University of Tasmania to undertake a bridging course. The deceased signed an agreement which regulated his attendance at the course. He breached the agreement on 15 August 1991 when he left his authorised custodian and consumed alcohol. He was… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Access to Electronic Commerce
Address By Graeme Innes Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner to the Conference Of The Roundtable For People With A Print Disability 22 May 2000 -
14 December 2012Book page
Open letter: Progress on height adjustable examination beds
I am issuing this open letter to provide information on progress made in relation to the availability of adjustable-height examination beds in general practices throughout Australia . -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Older workers tend to develop their own coping strategies (such as pacing, anticipation, planning and organisation) as they age, and these strategies may help them to reduce their injury risk. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
OHS & HREOC Inquiry
Attorney-General, conference delegates. Before I commence my presentation today I would like to thank Discrimination Alert and Occupational Health News for organising this very important forum to discuss recent changes in law and policy and the impact of these changes on equal employment opportunities for Australians and health and safety in our workplaces. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
"The child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding". -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2001-2002: Chapter 6
Dr Ozdowski has made public education on human rights a priority for his term. Other priority areas are the elderly in our ageing society and children. Dr Ozdowski is working to progress the Commissions 2000 recommendations for alleviating age discrimination, as set out in the report Age matters: a report on age discrimination. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
"Monitoring Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges for Australia: Dr Sev Ozdowski (2002)
Thank you Mr Wishardt for your invitation and kind introduction. I would like also to acknowledge Ms Wendy McCarthy, under whose stewardship PLAN is sure to go from strength to strength.
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