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Disability Rights
31 July 2024Media ReleaseCommissioner urges stronger government commitment to Disability Royal Commission findings
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess has urged the Federal Government to make a stronger commitment to the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations, if the vision for a more inclusive Australia is to ever be achieved. -
Age Discrimination
8 August 2023SpeechBuilding a better cultural inheritance for an ageing Australia
Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO Age Discrimination Commissioner Keynote Address to National Press Club of Australia, Canberra Wednesday, 28 June, 2023 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Welcome Thank you Andrew Tillett (National Press Club Vice President) for your kind introduction. I am sometimes introduced incorrectly, but maybe more accurately, as the Ageing Discrimination Commissioner. I wish to acknowledge… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
25 July 2024Media ReleaseCommissioner Katie Kiss pays tribute to Linda Burney
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss today paid tribute to Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, who has resigned from the frontbench and will not contest the next election. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The current mandatory detention policy of the Commonwealth of Australia breaches the fundamental principle of the rights of the child which is that children should be able to develop to their full potential. The policy breaches every article of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The policy violates the right to health as established by international law. -
Race Discrimination
25 July 2024Media ReleaseRace Discrimination Commissioner welcomes Multicultural Framework Review
Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman has welcomed the release of the Multicultural Framework Review by the Federal Government, calling it a significant step towards the greater recognition of the rights of racially marginalised Australians. The review, led by an independent panel, was released by Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Minister Andrew Giles on… -
Commission – General
6 March 2013SpeechAsylum Seekers, Marriage Equality and Racial Vilification: What role for the AHRC? (2012)
Speech delivered to the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Chapter 3 - Monitoring Human Rights
HREOC plays a significant role in monitoring legislation and policy in Australia to assess compliance with human rights principles. This monitoring role includes: -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Presentation to Accessible Arts Workshop
George Bernard Shaw once said that the only alternative to torture in life is art. I'm not sure that you could my presentation this morning art, but I do hope it isn't torture. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Using the Disability Convention for practical change (2009)
Some of us here were sitting in a stuffy conference room in the UN headquarters in New York when the Working Group completed its drafting of the convention. It was only stuffy because - in true UN style - we had exceeded our time limit for the session, the interpreters had gone home, and the air-conditioning had been turned off. But for most of us, these disadvantages paled in the excitement of… -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Chapter 8 - Human Rights
The 2007-08 year has involved work on a wide range of human rights issues. This year we set ourselves the task of creating a significant human rights resource on the Human Rights web pages of the HREOC website. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmission: review of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 NSW
I refer to the letter to me of 23 December 2004 from Mr John Feneley, Acting Director General of the Attorney-General's Department in which he invites me to make a submission to the Attorney-General's review of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 (NSW) ( the Act). The letter advises that the review is being conducted pursuant to s 36 of the Act which requires a 12 monthly review of the Act… -
Age Discrimination
14 December 2012Speech
Tackling Age Discrimination in the Labour Market: the role of the Australian Human Rights Commission (2011)
I start by acknowledging the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet. I pay my respects to their elders, both past and present. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Opening statement to Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee inquiry into the NTER (Stronger Futures) Bills (2012)
Thank you Madame Chair for the opportunity to appear before the Committee as representatives of the Australian Human Rights Commission. We have provided a detailed submission with 33 recommendations relating to the Bills and also to their implementation. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
"Healthy Solutions for Children: Making the Right Choice"
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we stand, the Eora People, and pay my respects to their elders both past and present, and in particular, Aunty Gloria. -
Disability Rights
14 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… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission Submission - Giblet & Ors
On 21 April 2006 the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner (‘the Commissioner’) filed a Notice of Motion seeking leave to appear as amicus curiae in proceedings QUD 300/2005 Giblet & Ors v Queensland & Anor, QUD 301/2005 Chong & Ors v Queensland & Anor and QUD 389/2005 Douglas & Ors v… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
4. The Impact of Detention on the well being of children and additional measures and safeguards required in detention facilities (Terms of Reference 4 & 5) -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Settlement services through the looking glass of human rights
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal peoples, and pay my respect to their elders past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2001-2002: Statement from the President
The Commission’s vision is of and for an Australian society in which the human rights of all people are respected and promoted. Our task is to find practical, pragmatic ways to turn the rhetoric of human rights into an everyday reality for all Australians and build a more tolerant and inclusive community. As this report indicates, this past year has been a period of substantial achievement… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech"Monitoring Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges for Australia: Dr Sev Ozdowski (2002)
Thank you Mr Wishardt for your invitation and kind introduction. I would like also to acknowledge Ms Wendy McCarthy, under whose stewardship PLAN is sure to go from strength to strength.