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14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH) is the Australian Affiliate of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. It aims to improve professional and public recognition that infancy is a critical period in psychosocial development for infants and the family and to provide a focus for multidisciplinary interaction and co-operation for those who are involved and interested… -
Rights and Freedoms3 April 2013Publication
Asylum seekers and refugees
Australia has obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a visa. -
Employers13 February 2015Quick Guide
Conciliation
If a complaint of discrimination or harassment is made to the Australian Human Rights Commission, the complaint may be resolved through a process known as ‘conciliation’. Conciliation is an informal, flexible approach to resolving complaints. The Commission tries to help everyone involved in the complaint to understand the issues and find a solution that is acceptable to everyone. We do not… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Hastings: Finding Your Own Shape
I am delighted to have been invited to speak to you tonight on the Eve of International Women's Day, as so many of you are at the eve of being women yourselves, whether international or not. I can tell you, from my own experience, that being a woman kind of creeps up on you: one minute you're a girl, or an adolescent (whatever that may really be), and the next you are a woman! -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Social Justice; HREOC and Indigenous Education
Where: Australian College of Educators (the Boardroom) James Darling House 42 Geils Court Deakin, Canberra When: Saturday May 17 Time: 11.00am for 11.30am (see appendix 1) -
14 December 2012Book page
Same Sex: Speech
At the outset I'd like to say that quite frankly, it confounds me that we need to be going through this process in Australia, in 2006. We live in an essentially tolerant and inclusive society, so you've got to wonder why people like my partner Andreas and me are still waiting for equality. -
Disability Rights23 April 2024Webpage
IncludeAbility Pilot Employment Programs
Learn about IncludeAbility’s two innovative Pilot Employment Programs creating employment opportunities for people with disability and employers. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees21 January 2019Publication
Australian Human Rights Commission Inspection of Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre: Report (2018)
This report contains an overview of key observations and concerns arising from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inspection of the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre (CIIDC) in August 2017 -
LGBTIQ+3 July 2018Webpage
LGBTI children
Children born with intersex variations Intersex people are people born with variations in sex characteristics (including chromosomal variations, different physical responses to sex hormones, or different developmental hormone balances and anatomies). Intersex variations may be discovered at birth, during childhood or adolescence, in adulthood or not at all. People with intersex variations… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
6th National Deafblind Conference
Almost every day there seems to be some new development in information and communications technology. Technologies which did not exist a few years ago are now worth many billions of dollars each year in economic activity. -
Education4 April 2016Webpage
Equal Love: LGBTQIA+ Rights
Equal Love: LGBTQIA+ Rights promotes equal human rights regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status, combating homophobia and transphobia for inclusivity. -
Disability Rights24 June 2015Webpage
Willing to Work – About the Inquiry
Back to Willing to Work main page About the Inquiry The National Inquiry examines practices, attitudes and Commonwealth laws that deny or diminish equal participation in employment of older Australians and Australians with disability; and makes recommendations as to Commonwealth laws that should be amended, or action that should be taken to address employment discrimination against older -
14 December 2012Book page
Young people in the workplace: Resource sheet 4 - rightsED
The decision about what career path to follow is incredibly important. In the past, many people were limited when choosing their careers because of their difference, especially if the career choice was unconventional or not stereotypical. Today people have a right to choose their own career path, though there are often still some obstacles and barriers that are faced. -
Children's Rights12 November 2013Speech
Realising child rights in the early years
Closing speech Infant and Early Childhood Social and Emotional Wellbeing Conference 2013National Convention Centre, Canberra CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 1. Acknowledgments Thank you, Lance, for that kind introduction. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present, and other Aboriginal people here… -
Commission – General15 September 2021Speech
Human Rights Day Oration 2020: Rosemary Kayess and Nas Campanella
The 2020 Human Rights Day Oration was delivered by leading disability rights advocate Rosemary Kayess, winner of the 2019 Human Rights Medal, and a contributor to the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Ms Kayess discussed the social transformation of CRPD and the impact it has had on the community as well as her work with the Disability Royal -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 December 2020Publication
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Community Guide (2020)
This community guide sets out the major findings and cross-cutting themes that are explored in detail in the Wiyi Yani U Thangani report. -
Disability Rights29 May 2023Speech
Consumer protection: Why diversity and inclusion matters
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Ben Gauntlett's keynote speech at the ACCC International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) Conference Dinner in 2023. -
Rights and Freedoms20 October 2017Speech
Research by Government Reform Bodies involving Vulnerable People and Populations
Ethics Training Day: Dealing with Vulnerability Princeton Room, Bond University, 14 University Drive, Robina, Qld CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction I represent an organisation that works extensively with people who can be part of “vulnerable populations”. My background is as a human rights lawyer. While human rights and human ethics are not the same thing, there are some important cross… -
15 June 2015Book page
9 Barriers to employment
Australians with disability can face a range of individual and structural barriers at different stages of employment including recruitment, retention and re-entering the workforce. Certain groups within the community may experience discrimination on the basis of their disability differently from others, for example, older people, women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people… -
15 June 2015Book page
9 Barriers to employment
Older Australians can face a range of individual and structural barriers at different stages of employment including recruitment, retention and re-entering the workforce. [64] Certain groups within the community may experience discrimination on the basis of their age differently from others, for example, people with disability, women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people…
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