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The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is Australia’s national human rights institution, established by the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth).

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009 (Complementary Protection Bill).

to meet the individual needs of each detainee taking into account his or her history and experiences, age, gender and cultural, religious and linguistic identity.

Recommendation 1: The Bill should be amended to ensure that detention in immigration detention centres is only used as a last resort and for the shortest practicable time, as committed to in Value 5. The words ‘The Parliament affirms as a principle that’ in section 4AAA(2) should be deleted.

Recommendation 1: The Migration Act should be amended so that detention occurs only when necessary. This should be the exception not the norm. It must be for a minimal period, be reasonable and be a proportionate means of achieving at least one of the aims outlined in international law (ExComm Conclusion 44). These limited grounds for detention should be clearly prescribed in the Migration Act.

This guide provides a basic overview of Australia’s counter-terrorism laws from a human rights perspective. It discusses the following questions:

Learn about UN mechanisms that protect women’s rights and combat sex discrimination with the Australian Human Rights Commission’s resources.

This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. [1] It responds to the public discussion paper titled 'Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission - June 2003'.

To access the Executive Summary of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary law in the Northern Territory click here.

To access the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary law in the Northern Territory click here.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has also made a submission to this inquiry. To access that submission click here.

The statement by the President has outlined a number of key concerns relating to the proposed Bill as they affect the Commission as a whole. I wish to address an issue which relates specifically to the functions that I have been appointed to fulfill - namely the proposal in the Bill to abolish the specialist position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and replace…

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.

A strong and independent national human rights organisation is crucial to promote and protect fundamental values of fairness, equality, tolerance and non-discrimination.

1.1 Wide-ranging amendments to the structure and functions of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") are proposed by the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003 (Cth) ("AHRC Bill").

I write to alert you to a Federal Government proposal to abolish the post of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (together with the posts of Race Discrimination Commissioner, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Human Rights Commissioner). Those interested in this matter may wish to make a submission to the Senate Legal and…

This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. It considers the human rights implications of the use of the genetic information of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (herein, Indigenous peoples) and the adequacy of current levels of protection.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has made a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.The submission provides information to the Committee when it considers Australia's periodic reports under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The Commission has made a submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Australia's periodic reports under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.