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Commission – General
14 December 2012WebpageAustralian Human Rights Commission: 2008 Non-ongoing Employment
Non-ongoing employment is the term commonly used in the Commonwealth public sector for contract or temporary work. The Commission uses this employment method to cover a range of circumstances where on-going or permanent employment is not appropriate. Where possible, however, ongoing employment is the Commission’s preferred form of employment. -
Education14 December 2012Webpage
How young people can get involved in human rights
Find out about how young people can get involved in human rights by accessing information and taking action. -
Disability Rights
29 September 2016SpeechEqual before the law? How the criminal justice system is failing people with disability
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respect to their elders past and present. I am delighted to be here today to deliver the 2016 Annual Costello Lecture. Last year, the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, delivered a lecture on business and human rights, proposing that the corporate world is both a cause and… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
23 February 2015Project
Moving Forward - achieving reparations for the stolen generations
Learn about a conference held to facilitate debate about reparations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from the stolen generations. -
14 December 2012Book page
Highlights of the year - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
In July 2010, the Racism and the Tertiary Student Experience in Australia policy paper was released, the result of our partnership with the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and Universities Australia. With international student safety a major political, social and economic issue, we led a collaboration of student representatives, key institutions and international experts to address the… -
Rights and Freedoms
6 June 2013WebpagePermissible limitations on rights
See how some human rights are recognised as absolute rights that can't be limited, including freedom from torture, slavery and retrospective criminal laws. -
14 December 2012Book page
Community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons - Recommendations
Recommendation 2: The need to detain should be assessed on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration individual circumstances. That assessment should be conducted when a person is taken into immigration detention or as soon as possible thereafter. A person should only be held in a closed immigration detention facility if they are individually assessed as posing an unacceptable risk to the… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Disability images and human reality
The electronic mass media are among the most powerful influences on people's lives today. You who work in the media shape our view of the world and of each other. Through media exposure we get access to a vast range of life situations that go far beyond what any one of us could personally experience. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Innes: Launch of disability strand
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it ..... -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageNotice of exemption application: Australasian Railway Association
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act from the Australian Railway Association (ARA) on behalf of its members for a temporary exemption, for a period of 5 years, in relation to a number of provisions of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport. -
26 March 2014Book page
Chapter 5: Principle 2: Diversity of leadership increases capability
Key findings of ADF Review The ADF Review stated that harnessing all available leadership talent, and employing a diversity of thought and experience, was critical to increasing capability, and to more effective problem solving. It noted that the ADF was an organisation largely comprised of white Australian men, which lacked the perspectives and experiences of women, Aboriginal and Torres… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 February 2015Opinion piece
We must keep striving to close the gap in Indigenous health
"Just in the last week, three of my closest friends and a relative have been diagnosed with cancer. This is not an uncommon story, to be – as a community – constantly in grief, loss and trauma." These words, from Janine Mohamed, chief executive of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, will be familiar to our communities across Australia. As will her… -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC - Annual Report 2001 - 2002: Chapter 7: Race Discrimination
Dr William Jonas commenced duty as acting Race Discrimination Commissioner in September 1999 in addition to his duties as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: National Security
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) is established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (HREOC Act). The Commission is Australia's National Human Rights Institution. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
The DDA and employment of people with a disability
The standard sort of speech that is often delivered by people in my sort of position at this sort of event is a combination of pep talk and pamphlet, with some bits of a law lecture thrown in: telling people with a disability and their advocates that they have rights under discrimination law, and telling employers that they have responsibilities, and attempting to set out the terms and the effect… -
Education1 April 2016Webpage
A Brief Human Rights Timeline
Explore the Brief Human Rights Timeline to trace the evolution of ethical behaviour, justice, and human dignity across civilizations. -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Recommendations of the Social Justice Commissioner
Departments of Corrective Services use the Australian National Classification of Offences to record offences for which prisoners are sentenced or remanded. [4:39] -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President Speech: Current issues in human rights (2011)
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Larrakia peoples. I pay my respects to their elders both past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
Community Guide to the Social Justice and Native Title Reports 2005
As you may know, my role as Social Justice Commissioner requires me to produce two annual reports on Indigenous rights issues - the Social Justice Report and the Native Title Report. -
14 December 2012Book page
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter,