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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
31 October 2023Opinion pieceNow is the time to act. The referendum must not lead to despair, but to a search for new ways to secure justice
This opinion piece by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO, appeared in The Guardian Australia on Sunday 29 October 2023 The day the proposal for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice was rejected by the majority of my fellow Australians will be remembered by many as a sombre day in our country’s history. After the result, there is much pain… -
Commission – General
9 November 2023Media ReleaseAttorney-General to deliver 2023 Human Rights Day Oration
Commonwealth Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP will deliver this year’s Human Rights Day Oration at the 2023 Australian Human Rights Awards in Sydney on 8 December. The Attorney-General will join 21 Awards finalists and up to 600 guests to honour some of Australia’s leading human rights heroes and to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the -
Race Discrimination
27 October 2022SpeechDisability Royal Commission: Race Discrimination Commissioner
Statement by Chin Tan relating to barriers by people with disability of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012WebpageSex Discrimination - International Activities
Learn how the Human Rights Commission works to eliminate all forms of sex discrimination against women around the world. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2004 :
A note from the Commissioner New arrangements for Indigenous affairs New arrangements event timeline What are the new arrangements ? Walking with the women Race discrimination and shared responsibility agreements Getting more out of native title Agreement making guidelines Links to the new arrangements Where to from here? -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: The role of culture and human rights in promoting human development
[1] According to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) – or living heritage – is the mainspring of our cultural diversity and its maintenance a guarantee for continuing creativity. It is defined as follows: Intangible Cultural Heritage means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: Appendix one: A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia
This collection of statistics has been chosen for their relevance in highlighting the key characteristics of the Indigenous population. It focuses on key areas such as health, education, employment, housing, and contact with criminal justice and welfare systems. Where possible, the data is presented in a way that identifies absolute and relative change in the situation of Indigenous peoples over… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 25
State and Territory legislation, programs and policies in the areas of child welfare, adoption and juvenile justice are intended to provide a non-discriminatory framework for the administration of services. In many cases, programs are designed with the objective of reducing the extent of contemporary removals of Indigenous children and young people. In spite of this, the over-representation of… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Cyberbullying, Human rights and bystanders
The Commission currently has tackling violence, harassment and bullying; as one of its priority themes. The Commission believes that this is an issue that profoundly affects the lives of thousands of people living in Australia. -
Disability Rights
23 July 2021Project
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Disability Royal Commission Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability The Australian government announced the establishment of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission) on 5 April 2019. This was in response to community concern, reflected in various inquiries,… -
Children's Rights
30 June 2014SpeechJuvenile Justice? Ensuring the Opportunity to Thrive
I thought I might begin today by sharing with you the words of a few of the young people I heard from during my national listening tour last year. -
Race Discrimination
12 July 2022Project
Racism. It Stops With Me campaign relaunch
Racism. It Stops With Me is a national campaign that provides tools and resources to help people and organisations learn about racism and take action to create change. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
13 March 2013Webpage
First Nations Resources
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice links Government Services for Aboriginal and Islander Peoples Research and key resources Australian Bureau of Statistics: Indigenous specific data Indigenous Law Resources (Austlii: Australian Legal Information Institute site) Australian Indigenous Peoples and the Law (Parliamentary Library of Australia) Centre for Aboriginal Economic… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
3 September 2019Speech
'Our women's voices. Our children's future' SNAICC 2019 National Conference
Introduction in Bunuba Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Kaurna yani u. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani. Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. I acknowledge the Kaurna people, your elders past, present and emerging. Thank you for having us all on… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Mental health and human rights: the state of play in 2005
Comprehensive Area Psychiatrists Special Interest Group Rozelle Hospital Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner May 17 2005 -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Cyberbullying, Human rights and bystanders
Cyberbullying can be detrimental to a person’s mental and physical health.[11] Victims can experience significant social isolation and feel unsafe.[12] It can lead to emotional and physical harm,[13] loss of self-esteem, feelings of shame and anxiety, concentration and learning difficulties. Incidents of young people committing suicide have also occurred.[14] -
Commission – General
19 September 2023News story
Opportunities to lead Australia’s human rights work
The Attorney-General’s Department is seeking expressions of interest from human rights leaders and experts for two key roles at the Commission – President, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. The current position holders President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM and Commissioner June Oscar AO will end their tenures in July and April 2024… -
LGBTIQ+
15 August 2023Media ReleaseCommission welcomes resolution in Census inclusion complaint
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) today welcomes the resolution of a discrimination complaint brought against the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) over the 2021 Census. The complaint, filed with the AHRC by community organisation Equality Australia and individual April Long, argued that the survey failed to ask meaningful questions to properly count members of the LGBTIQA+ -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 December 2019Speech
2019 ANZSOC Conference, Justice reimagined: The intersection between Academia, Government, Industry and the Community
Title: Our women have spoken: the need for strengths-based approaches to violence prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Noongar yani U. Well thank you and good morning what a gathering. Thank you to the conference organisers and the working group and for inviting me to open with this keynote address. The issues you… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Copyright v Human Rights: Balancing the rights of authors and the interests of people with print disabilities
I want to tell you two stories about Greg. They cover different phases of his life, but illustrate the problems that face us as people with print disabilities.