Publications

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Native Title Report 2002

Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Recognition of native title Introduction Human Rights Standards relevant to the Recognition of Native Title Cultural Rights Equality and Non-Discrimination Relationship between equality and rights of minorities to protection of their culture Freedom of Religion and...

Legal

Review of the Federal Unlawful Discrimination Jurisdiction

Change and Continuity: Review of the Federal Unlawful Discrimination Jurisdiction September 2000 - September 2002 This review was prepared following legislative changes affecting the enforceability of decisions made under federal discrimination law. Click on the links below to access: "Change and...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

HREOC Social Justice Report 2002

Social Justice Report 2002 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Self-determination – the freedom to ‘live well’ Chapter 3: National progress towards reconciliation in 2002 – an equitable partnership? Chapter 4: Measuring Indigenous disadvantage Chapter 5: Indigenous women and corrections – A Landscape...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Social Justice Report 2001

Social Justice Report 2001 Contents Summary of the Social Justice Report 2001 Letter of submission Recommendations Chapter 1: Ten years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Chapter 2: Mutual obligation, welfare reform and Indigenous participation: a human rights perspective...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Native Title Report 2001

Appendix 2: Submission of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner to the Inquiry into Indigenous Land Use Agreements by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund

Commission – General

Annual Report 2001-2002: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Learn about the 2001-2002 annual report on human rights and equal opportunity.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Corporate Responsibility - Developing principles on Resource Development on Indigenous land: Index

The following materials were developed developed from a forum entitled 'Resource Development on Aboriginal Land; a Human Rights Approach', which took place in Alice Springs in May 2002. The forum was co-hosted HREOC and Griffith University, with participants including representatives from Indigenous...

Complaint Information Service

Alternative Dispute Resolution in education: case studies in resolving complaints of Disability Discrimination (2002)

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) came into effect in March 1993. The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against people with a disability in many areas of public life. The purpose of the Act was to 'assist people with disabilities to exercise their rights as Australian citizens'(3) in...

Disability Rights

The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia

The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia: issues and progress (2001)by Susan Brady, John Britton & Sonia GroverA Report jointly commissioned by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner and the Disability Discrimination Commissioner at...

Rights and Freedoms

Human Rights and Mental Illness

The Report of the National Inquiry into the Human Rights of People with Mental Illness was tabled in Parliament and publicly released on 20 October, 1993. Over a three year period the Inquiry received nearly 900 written submissions, heard from over 450 witnesses at formal hearings and consulted with...

Disability Rights

Building bridges over the digital divide (2001)

This review has been prepared to identify developments in addressing the 'digital divide' experienced by older Australians and people with disabilities since the release of the Commission's report Accessibility of electronic commerce

Commission – General

Annual Report 2000-2001: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Annual Report 2000-2001 Download complete PDF of report Letter of submission Significant Achievements Statement from the President Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Organisational Chart Chapter 1: The Commission Chapter 2: Complaint Handling...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Native Title Report 2000: Contents

Report of the seminar on the draft principles and guidelines for the protection of the heritage of indigenous people by Chairperson -Rapporteur Erica-Irene Daes

Commission – General

Annual Report 1999-2000

Learn about the 1999-2000 annual report.