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Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference Port Vila, Vanuatu, September 2008 The Potential Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Pacific The Hon John von Doussa QC President, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 1 1. Introduction This paper advocates that National...
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I would like to acknowledge the Larrakia people on whose traditional land we meet today. I would also like to thank the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission for hosting this event at such short notice. What I plan to do today is to talk briefly about a few of the issues which are currently on HREOC’s agenda. The first issue is HREOC’s Same-Sex Same Entitlements Inquiry.
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Statement to the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights by the Hon. John Von Doussa, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, delivered on 13 April 2005. Agenda item 18(b) of the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 13 April 2005 Overview On behalf of the...
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The Annual Mitchell Oration is held as a tribute to Dame Roma’s lifelong efforts to improve the respect in Australia for human rights, and to counter discrimination experienced by many people, especially women, members of Indigenous communities, and of ethnic minorities.
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Amongst all this expertise, it is fair to ask why is the President of the national human rights commission – and particularly a President who has only fairly recently commenced in this role - here presenting the keynote speech to such a conference?
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Launch of NGO Guidelines for Working with Trafficked People The Hon Catherine Branson QC President, ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices 70 Phillip Street, Sydney 3 March 2009 I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the...
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Acting Chancellor Mr Stephen Keim SC, Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake, Professor the Hon. Michael Lavarch, Executive Dean of Law, other members of the official party, Faculty staff, graduates and your families and friends.
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Discover a speech on settlement services and human rights.
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Thank you for inviting me here today, to speak about a topic which in my view receives too little attention yet is one of critical importance not only to the way we live but to the kind of society we live in – the topic of human rights education.
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Launch of the Supreme Court Equal Treatment Benchbook Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland. 15th February, 2006 Remarks of The Hon. John von Doussa QC President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting today. It is an...
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I was invited to pick my own topic for discussion. As an ex-judge being invited to speak to students of the law, I assumed that I was expected to speak on something related to the administration of the law from a judge's perspective. And as President of Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), I assumed I was expected to mention the role of human rights promotion in our legal system.
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As the world awaits the birth of the new millenium with a level of anxiety we come to associate with expecting parents, I am pleased to note that the United Nations, in nominating 1999 the International Year of Older Persons, has not, at the last, forgotten the grandparents.
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I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and to pay my respects to their elders both past and present.
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2010 Human Rights Day Oration ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Human Rights Medals and Awards Ceremony The Honourable Catherine Branson QC 10 December 2010 Check against delivery We meet today on the lands of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation. On behalf of the Australian Human Rights...
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I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Kaurna people, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.
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