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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Mental illness and cognitive disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners – a human rights approach (2012)
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people of the Cairns region on whose land we gather today. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY LAW (DP 72, 12 September 2007)
(b) Use, disclosure and access to personal information (whether relating to a living or a deceased individual) Proposals 3-11, 12-8, 22 and 26-1 -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
The Admission and Exclusion of Asylum Seekers Conference
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. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Toonen & Croome
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission"), by summons dated 11 March 1996, has sought leave to intervene Of, in the alternative, to appear as amicus curiae in the within proceedings. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission Submission Amicus Curiae - Webb v Child Support Agency
(1)It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against another person on the ground of the other person’s disability or a disability of any of that other person’s associates: -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security review of the power to proscribe organisations as terrorist organisations (the PJCIS Review). -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Reconciling human rights and counter-terrorism – a crucial challenge
I would like to acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional country of the Girringun people and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
1. This submission is made by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the "Commission") in response to the terms of reference issued by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ("Optional Protocol").[1] -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
DIMIA
By this instrument the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (“the Commission”) grants to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (“DIMIA”) its contractors and agents, a temporary exemption (“the exemption”) pursuant to section 44(2) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (“the Act”), in relation to the… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Bropho
3. HREOC makes no submissions about the factual findings. These submissions are concerned with the proper legal tests to apply and not the application of the facts under those tests. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submission - s134
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the "Commission") makes no submissions about the constitutional validity of s 474 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ("the Act"), nor about the nature of this Court's jurisdiction under s 75(v) of the Constitution. Rather, these submissions are made on the basis that the principles of statutory construction which ground the… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008 - Chapter 3
The strong, vibrant and committed Noongar peoples of the South West corner of Australia had their native title determination over Perth returned to square one. The Full Federal Court found that the first judge had made a number of errors in his decision and have sent the case back for consideration by a new judge, leaving the Noongar peoples uncertain about the future of their rights over the… -
25 February 2014Book page
Secondary Year 7 – Year 10: English
Review human rights examples for the Australian school curriculum for Year 7 - Year 10 high school students studying English. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Cinema captioning and audio description: Submissions in response to application for temporary exemption under DDA section 55
Submissions are grouped here by file type for ease of reference. Where no file type is indicated, the submission is in text or HTM and should open in any browser. Please email us if you have difficulty with any files. All submissions are the responsibiltiy of their authors. Emails have been saved as text files for ease of access and to remove private data; and one very large Word file has been… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: full Table of Contents
Back to index Table of Contents Foreword Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1. Nature and Scope of this Publication 1.2 'HREOC' and the 'Australian Human Rights Commission' 1.3 What is 'Unlawful Discrimination'? 1.3.1 ‘Unlawful discrimination’ defined 1.3.2 Distinguishing ‘unlawful discrimination’ from ‘ILO 111 discrimination’ and ‘human rights’ under the HREOC Act (a) ‘ILO 111 discrimination’ (b) … -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the Law Reform Commission
"Not every disturbance or catastrophe qualifies as a public emergency which threatens the life of the nation, as required by article 4, paragraph 1. The Covenant requires that even during an armed conflict measures derogating from the Covenant are allowed only if and to the extent that the situation constitutes a threat to the life of the nation. If States parties consider invoking article 4… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
SUBMISSION to the Parliamentary Joint Committee
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("HREOC") is established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It is Australia's pre-eminent body for the protection of human rights. -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Publication
"Facilitator or Advisor?: A discussion of conciliator intervention in the resolution of disputes under Australian human rights and anti-discrimination law" (2004)
State and federal anti-discrimination & human rights law in Australia, as in many other countries2, provides for the resolution of complaints of discrimination and breaches of human rights by a process of conciliation. Conciliation is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism for parties to complaints in that it is an 'alternative' to more formal determination of the dispute by a court or… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Proposed WA Human Rights Act (2007)
All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
APPENDIX A Court Outcomes for Offences Against The Aboriginal Land Act (NT) Sections 4 and 8
APPENDIX A Court Outcomes for Offences Against The Aboriginal Land Act (NT) Sections 4 and 8 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Convicted Not Guilty Withdrawn Convicted Not Guilty Convicted Withdrawn Convicted Withdrawn Withdrawn Indigenous GOULBOURN ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . MANINGRIDA . . . . . . . . . . PORT KEATS . . . . . . . . . . RAMINGINING . . . . . . . . . . YULARA . . . . . . . . . …
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