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Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights in the Asia Pacific Region
It is my pleasure to report to you today on the outcome of deliberations of the Working Group on Human Rights Education. This working group was relatively small in size but very diverse and robust in its deliberations. It consisted of representatives of Arabic countries, including the host country Qatar as well as Japan, the Philippines and Australia. -
Employers10 February 2015Webpage
The Australian mining and resource sector and human rights
Learn how the Australian mining and resource sector integrates human rights into business practices, ensuring compliance and managing risks effectively. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Reasonable adjustment
It's important for us all in talking about reasonable adjustment not to appear to present employing people with disability as something new or exceptional being asked of employers. -
Commission – General14 December 2017Speech
Sexual Harassment - Safer Workplaces
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins delivered the keynote address at the Women in Film and TV NSW - Safer Workplaces Strategies forum. Good morning everyone. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which you meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and paying my respects to their elders past and present. I also pay my respects to the… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee
A similar but not identical Bill was put before the Federal Parliament in April 1998, a week after the commencement of my Presidency. The Commission opposed many of that Bill's provisions and continues to oppose those provisions that exist in the current Bill as well as new ones. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Christie
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission makes two submissions with respect to the interpretation of s.170DF(2)(f) of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 (Cth). They are: -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
exemption decision: W.A. firearms act
Call for submissions Overview Options for Commission decision Issues Temporariness or permanence of need for exemption Relevance of public health and safety issues to exemption decisions Does any substantial issue of unlawfulness under the DDA arise Services Exercise of powers under sections 11 and 20 as services Actions of medical practitioners under section 23B Qualifying bodies Is there any… -
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 -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
The continuing battle for equal rights for people with a disability
I have to admit that two months ago when I took the title " The Disability Discrimination Act and the continuing battle for equal rights for people with a disability" for my paper today I was not attaching great importance to the precise words of that title. -
Rights and Freedoms5 May 2019Speech
40+ years of conciliation
The Australian Human Rights Commission and Conciliation—a 40+ year success story, but … National Mediation Conference, Canberra Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM [Professor Croucher spoke to this paper] Abstract A key responsibility of the Australian Human Rights Commission is to handle complaints of breaches of human rights. This is a role that the Commission in its various iterations… -
29 January 2013Book page
Commissioner’s Message
I am pleased to present the Report of the cultural review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). This report concludes Phase One of the Review. Phase Two of the Review will examine the treatment of women across the broader Australian Defence Force (ADF). I wish to thank my fellow Review Panellists – Sam Mostyn, Mark Ney and Damian Powell – for their wise… -
14 December 2012Book page
Questions and answers on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2009)
On Friday 3 April 2009, the Australian Government will make a statement in support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This will reverse Australia’s previous opposition to the Declaration. Under the Coalition Government, Australia was one of four countries that voted against the Declaration when it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in… -
Disability Rights21 March 2024Webpage
The IncludeAbility Employer Network - ANZ Bank
IncludeAbility Employer Network member ANZ believes in in the inherent strength of a vibrant, diverse and inclusive workplace. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This is a brief submission outlining some specific instances of infringements on the child’s rights to profess and practice religion freely while being detained in the Curtin Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, WA, between October 2001 and August 2002. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Human rights at your fingertips
Our publication “Human rights at your fingertips” offers the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other treaties ratified by Australia. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 2 - The Age Discrimination Act
The ADA commenced operation on 23 June 2004. At the date of publication there have been a limited number of cases in which the ADA has been considered[1] and there has not yet been a successful claim of unlawful age discrimination. This chapter therefore focuses on the background to the legislation and its significant features as well as highlighting some similarities and differences with other… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Is there a slow lane on the information superhighway?
The title I have taken for these remarks is "Is there a slow lane on the information superhighway". I fear that by now there may already be something dated or quaint in using the term "information superhighway". I am going to use it anyway, and perhaps make matters of style worse by adding reference to a slow lane, because I think a few important issues are suggested by this… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 2
neglected child - a child found begging, wandering about or frequenting any thoroughfare or tavern, sleeping in the open air and who has no settled place of abode or means of subsistence; residing in any brothel or associating or dwelling with any person, known or reputed to be a thief, prostitute or drunkard or a person convicted of vagrancy; a child having committed an offence and who, in the… -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Suggested answers - rightsED
Dean does not tolerate racism on the field and so he confronts it when it happens, accepts the apology and moves on. He takes pride in his Indigenous background and likes to share his culture and educate others. -
14 December 2012Book page
Human Rights Brief No. 4
Many fundamental freedoms are guaranteed by international human rights law. They include the freedoms of expression, movement and choice of residence, peaceful assembly and association, and the freedom to manifest one's religion or belief.
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