Annual Report 2001-2002: Significant Achievements

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Annual Report 2000-2001

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Youth
Challenge: A human rights education program for

secondary students

Commission website revised and relaunched

Complaint Guide published on the Commission
website in 11 community languages

On-line complaint form established on the Complaint
Handling webpage

Release of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Social Justice Commissioner’s Social Justice and Native Title Reports

Improved access to services for people with
a disability including captioned movies in major cinemas and improved
mobile phone servies for people using hearing aids

‘Prisoners as Citizens’workshop convened
in Sydney

National Summit on Racism and Civil Society
and a series of regional consultations held around Australia

Release of the Pregnancy Guidelines by the
Sex Discrimination Commissioner

Submission to Senate Inquiry into the proposed
amendment to the Sex Discrimination Act regarding IVF services

China Human Rights Technical Assistance Program
and other International Work