Rights and Freedoms
Families, and those who support them, play a vital role in the protection of human rights. Accordingly, I am very pleased to address this conference, and I commend all of you for your work in preserving and strengthening families.
Rights and Freedoms
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee March 2016 Download in PDF (680.58 KB) Download in Word (312.47 KB) Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Persons affected by mental health laws allowing for indefinite detention 4.1 Defining ‘cognitive’...
Rights and Freedoms
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Attorney-General’s Department in relation to the Department’s consultation on a package of three draft Bills that the Department describes collectively as the ‘Religious Freedom Bills’.
Rights and Freedoms
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you tonight. It's almost 18 months since we launched the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements National Inquiry. In that time, we have travelled around Australia to hear, first hand, about the impact of discriminatory laws on same-sex couples, and their children. We received 680 written submissions from across Australia and met with more than 500 people. The Inquiry put federal laws under the human rights microscope.
Rights and Freedoms
Speech given by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Human Rights Commissioner at the 2nd Public Health Association of Australia Incarceration Conference. Wednesday 2 April 2003 at the Mercure Hotel Brisbane
Rights and Freedoms
Learn how the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) can be amended to better address human trafficking and slavery-like practices.
