Rights and Freedoms
Keynote presentation delivered at the 8th National Conference of the Association for the Welfare of Child Health (AWCH) - "Children on the margin: addressing the health care needs of marginalised children and young people", 11 October 2001, Dr Sev Ozdowski
Rights and Freedoms
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and by paying my respects to their elders past and present.
Rights and Freedoms
Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we stand and pay my respects to their elders both past, present and future.
Rights and Freedoms
Although the first Human Rights Commission was established by federal legislation in 1981, ICESCR was not added to its mandate (unlike the ICCPR). The omission was repeated when the new (current) Commission was established in 1986.
Rights and Freedoms
The Commission considers that the declared areas provisions place significant restrictions on the human rights of persons affected by them.
Rights and Freedoms
This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission). The Commission is an ‘A status’ national human rights institution, operating in conformity with the Paris Principles. This submission is based on work that has been undertaken by the Commission in accordance with our...
