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Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech"An Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodianship"
At the start of the ceremony today a formal acknowledgement was made of our presence on the land of the Kaurna people. The Council of this University at its meeting in October 2004 resolved that this acknowledgement would be made at all major University of Adelaide functions. It is appropriate that something be said about the significance and reasons for the acknowledgment during these, the first… -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 7 - rightsED
In and out, in and out always stuck in Don Dale Always been in Darwin, never seen my land Have to see the world and stop wasting my time Always in here for doing the crime. We have to get back to that great big school We need to get ourselves some qualifications and edification We have to get out and get ourselves a job and Get on with our lives in the big wide world. Wanna put my effort into my… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechSite navigation
I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation on whose land we are today and pay my respects to their elders. I’d like to thank the organisers for inviting me to speak, and I would like to acknowledge you, the Aboriginal field staff. You have an important role and I pay tribute to you and your work. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012SpeechRights for All: A human rights perspective on regional development: Chris Sidoti (1999)
I would like to thank the Royal Australian Planning Institute for inviting me to speak today at Planning in the Hothouse and in particular on this panel, 'Forgotten Communities'. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1. The provisions made by Australia to implement its international human rights obligations regarding child asylum seekers, including unaccompanied minors. -
14 December 2012Book page
1999 Social Justice Report
Dr Jonas has focused this report on young Indigenous people young between the ages of 15 and 29. The Indigenous population is young, with a median age of 20. Over the next decade a high proportion of Indigenous people will reach working age and be ready to take on adult responsibilities. From this group will emerge Indigenous Australia's future leaders. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Australian Federation of University Women is one of seventy-one national affiliates of the International Federation of University Women. Founded in 1922, it pursues educational initiatives to advance of the status and well-being of women and girls privately and publicly, nationally and internationally, and it attempts to further peace and international co-operation through the development of… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2005 : Tom Calma
Mr Calma is an Aboriginal elder from the Kungarakan tribal group and the Iwaidja tribal group whose traditional lands are south west of Darwin and on the Coburg Peninsula in Northern Territory, respectively. He has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector for over 30 years. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) is the national professional organisation for Australian nurses. The College was established in 1949 and until the early 1990's was a provider of formal ongoing education for nurses who wished to gain higher qualifications in nursing. Following the completion of the transfer of nursing to the higher education sector in 1993, the College refocused its… -
Commission – General
18 February 2015Webpage
Senate File Listing - 1 July 2014 - 31 December 2014
Previous reports FileId: 2011/58-4 Create Date 10-Sep-2014 Name: MALE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE Title:HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE - SAGEPOLICY FileId: 2011/58-5 Create Date 20-Oct-2014 Name: MALE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE Title:HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE - SAGEPOLICY FileId: 2011/58-6 Create Date 20-Oct-2014 Name: MALE CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE Title:HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE - SAGEPOLICY FileId: 2011/58-7 Create Date… -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Resource sheet 3 - rightsED
Back to Voices of Australia Voices of Australia - Resource sheet 3 [Download PDF or Word] World map Source SBS World Guide of 2004 © Hardie Grant Publishing http://www.hardiegrant.com.au -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 6 - rightsED
Complete an activity sheet by the Commission that shows how many of us are descended from ancestors who immigrated to Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Activity sheet 2 - rightsED
Some of these principles relate to civil and political rights which defend the fundamental right to life, and states that no one can be tortured, enslaved, arbitrarily imprisoned, made to do forced labour, or be restricted from such basic freedoms as movement, expression and association. Such principles are stated in negative terms such as ‘freedom from’ (discrimination, torture etc). -
Education14 December 2012Publication
Commemorate Human Rights Day - rightsED
December 10 is the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations (UN) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR sets out a certain set of rights that are the basic and minimum set of human rights for all citizens. -
Sex Discrimination
8 November 2019SpeechInvisible women in sport
Kate Jenkins Australian Institute of Sport Conference 6 November 2019 Thank you very much for joining me here today. I will start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Every time I make that acknowledgement, I make it genuinely and from the heart. I'm really proud to live in a… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The QTU beleives that refugee detention centres should be immediately closed down and replaced with the placement of all refugees in appropriate communities." -
14 December 2012Book page
Preventing Crime and Promoting Rights for Indigenous Young People with Cognitive Disabilities and Mental Health Issues Appendix 3
Preventing Crime and Promoting Rights for Indigenous Young People with Cognitive Disabilities and Mental Health Issues Appendix 3: Government Responses Back to Contents Download Complete report PDF[4.22 MB] Complete report Word [805 KB] Ms Robyn McKerihan General Manager Access and Equity Department of Education and Training- NSW Ms Margaret Banks Chief Executive Department of Employment -
14 December 2012Book page
It's your right! - DVD Unit 2
It's your right! - DVD Back to It's your right! homepage (All video clips are in .avi format) Unit 2: Hayat loses her job video clips Scene 1: In the meeting room at work [2.97MB] Click here for transcript Scene 2: In the meeting room, later [7.69MB] Click here for transcript Scene 3: Outside Hayat's house, three days later [7.15MB] Click here for transcript Scene 4: In Hayat's living room,… -
Race Discrimination
5 September 2018Media ReleaseCommunique 2010 - Racism, exclusion and poverty: key factors reducing international student safety (2010)
Monday, 12 April 2010 Racism, exclusion and poverty: key factors reducing international student safety On 31 March 2010, the Academy of the Social Sciences, the Australian Human Rights Commission and Universities Australia worked in partnership to plan and deliver the Racism and the Student Experience Policy Research Workshop. The purpose of the Workshop was to assess available data from… -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 2 - rightsED
Complete an activity sheet where you need to identify a character who came to Australia in 1970 and has a diverse range of experience and interests.