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14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Annual Report 2003-2004 : Chapter 8: Human Rights
There is some evidence to suggest that within the Australian community, the idea that it is unacceptable for a government to maintain an immigration detention regime which provides for the long-term incarceration of children behind razor wire, is finally the prevailing view. The actions of the government in relaxing their hard line stance on immigration detention, as far as children are concerned… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageExemption: Captioning - Free to air television
By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission grants a temporary exemption to ABC, SBS, Network Ten, Channel Nine and the Seven Network pursuant to sections 55(1) and 55(1A) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (‘DDA') in relation to captioning of free to air television programming. -
14 December 2012Book page
Working in the international arena to improve human rights - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
We are often invited to share our knowledge and expertise with others in the region and around the world. For example, we engage in regular technical cooperation programs with China and Vietnam and currently support a number of disability organisations in Pacific Island countries. -
Children's Rights
12 March 2015SpeechChildren and young people as complainants
Children and young people as complainants Complaint Handlers’ Information Sharing and Liasion (CHISaL) Seminar Introduction Good afternoon everyone and thank you Sandra for the introduction. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders both past and present. It is a pleasure to be here to discuss the topic of children… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
The protection of genetic information of Indigenous peoples
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. It considers the human rights implications of the use of the genetic information of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (herein, Indigenous peoples) and the adequacy of current levels of protection. -
14 December 2012Book page
AusHRC 46: Yousefi family v Commonwealth of Australia
I have completed my report of an inquiry into the complaint made pursuant to section 11(1)(f)(ii) of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) by Mr Parvis Yousefi, Mrs Mehrnoosh Yousefi and Manoochehr Yousefi. -
Education14 March 2019Teachers Article
Disability Rights, Accessibility and Liveability
Read a student resource that explores how people with disabilities may face difficulties accessing places and how you can help create solutions. -
Education14 March 2019Teachers Article
Disability Discrimination in Sport
Read, Disability Discrimination in Sport, which encourages students to investigate the barriers people with disabilities face when participating in sports. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
DR OZDOWSKI: Good morning everybody. I would like to formally open this public hearing which is the last, hopefully, of the series held around Australia. My name is Sev Ozdowski and I'm the Human Rights Commissioner and to my right I've got Professor Trang Thomas, who is Professor of Psychology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Today the Commission will be assisted by counsel… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (2010)
Recommendation 2: That the proposed Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights be empowered to make recommendations in relation to the implementation of ICERD Committee Concluding Observations. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2006: Chapter 3: Addressing the fundamental flaw of the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs – the absence of principled engagement with Indigenous peoples
This is the third successive Social Justice Report to report on the implementation of the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs at the federal government level. The past two Social Justice Reports have emphasised the importance of governments ensuring the effective participation of Indigenous peoples in decision making that affects our lives. This includes the development of policy, program… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechHuman 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. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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The theme of this Conference - Human Rights and Equality for Women in the 21st Century - is rich fare for any time of the day. It calls for speculation about the future and assessment of the past; it invites fresh perspectives and challenges the imagination; it asks for re-examination of motives and goals. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012SpeechPolice Checks - A Human Rights perspective
Acknowledgments I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I'd also like to thank the Aged and Community Services Association for inviting me to speak about police checks today. Introduction I suspect the average person in the street associates police checks with high-security jobs, such as airport security, or, on the other hand, with jobs working closely with children… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech
"AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS - INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE WIRE": DR SEV OZDOWSKI OAM (2004)
The first program I intend to watch will not be "The Block" but a program that is screening on Channel 4 in the U.K. and on Foxtel in this country. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Re: Bernadette (2008)
1.1 On 7 March 2006, the Family Court of Australia granted leave to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to intervene in these proceedings pursuant to s 92 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (‘Family Law Act’). -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Sabean Mandaean Association in Australia was founded in 1982. The Association’s financial and non-financial membership is around 2,000 persons. Inter alia, the Association looks after the humanitarian, spiritual, and social needs of Mandaean asylum seekers who have settled or who wish to settle in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2004 :
A note from the Commissioner New arrangements for Indigenous affairs New arrangements event timeline What are the new arrangements ? Walking with the women Race discrimination and shared responsibility agreements Getting more out of native title Agreement making guidelines Links to the new arrangements Where to from here? -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: The role of culture and human rights in promoting human development
[1] According to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) – or living heritage – is the mainspring of our cultural diversity and its maintenance a guarantee for continuing creativity. It is defined as follows: Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Strategies to address discrimination to build a more inclusive country
I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora people, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respects to their elders.