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Commission – General3 April 2017Speech
Hobart Oration
Explore a speech by Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, in relation to the state of human rights in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Woman of the World - What are Human Rights?
Human rights define the value and worth of each person and their relationship to society. They identify standards regarding the quality of life that each of us can expect to enjoy. -
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 -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Foreword
This paper is about one of the biggest challenges facing Australia in the 21st century: balancing paid work and family responsibilities. It's about how we live today, and how we want to live tomorrow. It's about valuing care, valuing families, and valuing happiness. -
14 December 2012Book page
The good, the bad and the ugly: Design and construction for access (2008)
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes has announced a partnership project between the Australian Human Rights Commission and Marrickville Council in NSW designed to improve access to buildings in the council area for people with a disability. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This Office issued a formal report on Immigration Detention Centres in March 2001 which contained a number of recommendations to DIMIA for improvements in arrangements for children. The investigation was conducted following complaints and a number of reported incidents including escapes and allegations of assault on detainees. It revealed evidence at every immigration detention facility of self… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: P v P
1.1 It is submitted that the law in Australia is both uncertain and unsatisfactory as to the issue of whether a child's view should ordinarily be taken into account by a court when that court is considering whether to authorise medical treatment on the child. -
16 May 2013Book page
Chapter 3: Recruitment
View Chapter 3 as PDF View Chapter 3 as Word Strategies for an inclusive and rigorous interview and selection processRecruitment is a critical component of an organisation’s gender diversity strategy. Leading organisations in the mining, utilities and construction industries recognise this and now use the recruitment process to address negative perceptions about the industries.These same -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Chapter 4 - Complaint Handling Section
The President of 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 complaint process through the Complaint Information Service… -
Commission – General18 March 2013Webpage
What are human rights?
Learn about Australia's international human rights commitments and the future of human rights legislation. -
14 December 2012Book page
Human Rights Brief No. 4
Many fundamental freedoms are guaranteed by international human rights law. They include the freedoms of expression, movement and choice of residence, peaceful assembly and association, and the freedom to manifest one's religion or belief. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Opinion piece
Preventing injustice before it can happen – Let’s bring human rights home (2008)
What sort of Australia do we want to live in? I'm quite sure most people, like me, would say they want to live in a society where respect for the individual is recognised as precious. Where everyone is valued, whether they are male or female, young or old, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, whatever their faith, whether or not they have a disability - everyone. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Launch of the Home to Home Digital Stories Exhibition (2012)
Whether you're recovering from the celebrations of your 19th birthday and experience a severe asthma attack; enjoying the highs and lows of a three-month-old baby and have a stroke; enjoying life when an assault causes a brain injury; or playing doubles with Sam Stosur when you have a skate-boarding accident; acquiring a disability can be a very tough experience. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Barnardos Australia is a family support and out of home care children's welfare agency operating services in New South Wales and ACT. We make this submission based on a number of detainee children and young people that we have provided services for within their own families, and as homeless adolescents. Furthermore, Barnardos has general experience of the impact of institutional care of children… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2004 : Annexure 1 : Promoting Economic and Social Development through Native Title
This paper considers how the native title system might operate more effectively to assist traditional owner groups realise their goals for economic and social development. It relies on human rights principles to build a framework for economic and social development. This framework integrates ethical principles, such as equality and respect for Indigenous culture, with the economic and social… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Human rights at your fingertips
Discover the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognises the inherent dignity and equal rights of all humanity. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Appendix 9
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Accessible procurement and promotion of equality in employment (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission Act tells us that the Commission's functions should be performed "efficiently and with the greatest possible benefit to the people of Australia". That is also a good summary of the goals of the Department of Finance, in public expenditure, public administration and policy and regulation. -
14 December 2012Book page
Our agenda: Commission workplan 2012-2013
Human rights are our entitlements to have our dignity and worth as human beings recognised. We all have them, we all want them recognised in our friends and families, and we all have responsibilities to recognise them in others. -
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…
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