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17 July 2013SubmissionSentencing of Federal Offenders
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17 July 2013Submission
Submission to the Family Law Council Discussion Paper on Relocation
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17 July 2013Submission
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee inquiry into Australia’s refugee and humanitarian program
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17 July 2013Submission
Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the Australia 2020 Summit April 2008
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
16 July 2013PublicationReview of Immigration Detention Centres (1999)
Findings of the Human Rights Commissioner after inspecting four immigration detention centres in 1998-99. -
Rights and Freedoms
13 June 2013WebpageDefinition, jurisdiction and powers of national institutions
United Nations Workshop on National Institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights Paris, 7-9 October 1991 Paper submitted by the Federal Human Rights Commissioner of Australia (Mr Brian Burdekin) -
Rights and Freedoms
11 June 2013Webpage
National Human Rights Action Plan
In 1993 the World Conference on Human Rights recommended that each State consider the desirability of drawing up a national action plan identifying steps whereby that State would improve the promotion and protection of human rights. This was a result of an initiative by Australia, and was a concept principally developed by Mr Bill Barker of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and… -
Children's Rights
8 December 2014Project
Child-friendly version of the Children's Rights Report 2014
In December 2014, the National Children's Commissioner published a child-friendly version of her Children’s Rights Report 2014. The child-friendly report is a short, easy-to-read summary of the contents of the National Children's Commissioner's report to Parliament. The National Children's Commissioner wanted children and young people to be able to access easily the findings of her report… -
Rights and Freedoms
18 May 2013Webpage
Freedom to believe and the freedom to manifest that belief
Article 18 of the ICCPR distinguishes between the freedom to hold a particular belief, and the freedom to manifest that belief in conduct. It is clear from the different focuses of paragraphs (2) and (3) of article 18 that the freedom to hold a belief is broader than the freedom to act upon it. Of course, persons who express religious opinions may also be protected under , which recognises… -
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18 November 2014Submission
Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014
Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014 Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission 19 August 2014 Download PDF Download Word -
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18 November 2014Submission
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission 31 October 2014 Download PDF Download Word -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013Webpage
Rights of parents and children
Back to rights and freedoms: right by right ICCPR Article 24 states: 1. Every child shall have, without any discrimination as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, national or social origin, property or birth, the right to such measures of protection as are required by his status as a minor, on the part of his family, society and the State. 2. Every child shall be registered immediately… -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013Webpage
Rights of members of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities
Back to rights and freedoms: right by right ICCPR Article 27 states In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language. Human Rights Committee… -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013Webpage
Prohibition on imprisonment for inability to fulfil a contract
Learn how Australians could once be imprisoned on the grounds of not fulfilling a contract and how this is no longer the case. -
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1 May 2013Submission
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012
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Disability Rights
15 December 2016WebpageGuidelines for providers of insurance and superannuation under the Disability Discrimination Act (2016)
Explore guidelines in the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) that assist insurance and superannuation providers comply with the DDA when making decisions. -
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18 April 2013Submission
Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual assault
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18 April 2013Submission
Inquiry into the Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012
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10 October 2014Submission
Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014
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19 March 2013Publication
AB v Western Australia