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14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Australia is a signatory to a number of International Conventions, which are relevant to mandatory detention of children in Australia’s immigration detention centres. Under International law, each of the conventions that Australia has ratified is binding on the Australian state, which is obliged to bring its domestic laws into conformity with their stipulations. In Australia, International… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Employment and Superannuation (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission in its Inquiry into Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Issues Paper - Employment and Superannuation. -
14 December 2012Book page
A Time to Value - Foreword
HREOC's release of its interim paper, Valuing Parenthood: Options for paid maternity leave sparked an extraordinary community debate about the difficulties of combining work and family responsibilities in modern Australia. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Inquiry into Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007
As a result of their disadvantaged socio-economic status, most Indigenous Australians will be required to register for the access card in order to gain or maintain access to social welfare payments, Medicare services, and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice26 October 2017Speech
Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference 2017
A speech by June Oscar about her work at the Australian Human Rights Commission, the importance of language and culture to our social and emotional well-being, and the role of our women in leading us to a better future. -
Disability Rights20 September 2013Speech
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Closing Statement
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 10th Session, Australia - Commissioner Innes, Closing Statement 4th September 2013 -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2004 : Annexure 2 : Promoting Economic and Social Development through Native Title
...the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner report on the operation of the [NTA] and its effect on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
Work continues on the development of comprehensive recommendations for the implementation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Over the past three months we have been considering all the issues, some of them quite complex, relating to an orderly transition to WCAG 2.0, and receiving a range of views from government, industry, and the web development community (including web… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Decision on exemption application:Captioning of subscription television (ASTRA) (2010)
By this instrument, the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has refused the application of the members of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) for a temporary exemption pursuant to s 55(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA). -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958
Thank you for inviting the Commission to make a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee's Inquiry into the administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ('Migration Act'). -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009
Recommendation 1: The Bill should be amended to ensure that detention in immigration detention centres is only used as a last resort and for the shortest practicable time, as committed to in Value 5. The words ‘The Parliament affirms as a principle that’ in section 4AAA(2) should be deleted. -
Sex Discrimination14 December 2012Speech
Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force
In April last year, I was asked by the Minister for Defence to conduct an independent Review into the Treatment of Women - both in the Australian Defence Force Academy, or ADFA, and in the broader Australian Defence Force - on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
The best DisCo in town: Towards implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2009)
A very big thank you, in particular, to our colleagues from the Australian Attorney-General's Department and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mostly, of course, for their work with us, over many years, in advancing the human rights of people with disability, internationally and domestically. But also, for being (as far as I know) the first in the world to refer, officially, to the… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
RIGHTS DENIED (2009)
I also want to thank Bill Shorten for being with us, and acknowledge the energy and leadership he is providing on disability issues within Government, both on specific issues and on the big picture cross government and inter-governmental issues. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Presley et al
This is an inquest into the circumstances of the deaths of two Aboriginal men (approximately 37 and 21 years old) in Mutitjulu and one Aboriginal boy (approximately 14 years old) in Willowra. Without seeking to pre-empt any findings by the Coroner, the deaths all appear to be related to the sniffing of petrol. -
Legal10 October 2017Submission
Information concerning Australia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (2017)
This submission provides information concerning the civil and political rights of key population groups in Australia and other thematic issues engaging civil and political rights. In relation to each section, the Commission has referred to the relevant articles of the ICCPR engaged and (where appropriate) the relevant paragraph of the Committee’s list of issues prior to reporting dated 9 November… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Web accessibility and Government 2.0 (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Government 2.0 Taskforce - Towards Government 2.0: An issues paper. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2003 : Native Title Report 2003 Summary
The Native Title Report 2003 evaluates native title as a framework for economic and social development for traditional owner groups. While the legal framework for native title restricts its capacity to improve economic and social conditions for Indigenous people, the Report recognises that the native title agreement-making process provides an invaluable opportunity for States and Territories to… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL: WHAT'S THE VISION?
Over the last four years the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) has played a key role in raising community awareness about the human rights Australians with a mental illness. The Commission, through its public inquiry process, brought into national focus how, amongst other things, people affected by mental illness frequently faced discrimination and stigmatisation… -
Rights and Freedoms8 April 2015Speech
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture. Australia's Transgender Awakening
The Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture is an initiative of the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia in partnership with the University of Western Australia to honour the work and achievements of Ms Isabelle Lake. Ms Lake was a young trans rights activist, who was also a former employee of the Equal Opportunity Commission and University of Western Australia student.