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President speech: The National Human Rights Consultation: Outcomes

Discover a speech on the outcomes of the National Human Rights Consultation.

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President speech: ‘A Human Rights Act for Australia’ - Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Luncheon

Discover a speech on the Human Rights Act in Australia.

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The Admission and Exclusion of Asylum Seekers Conference

The Admission and Exclusion of Asylum Seekers Conference University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Human Rights and Offshore Processing Presentation by John von Doussa QC President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 25 November 2006 INTRODUCTION I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people...

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National Legal Aid Best practice Conference

I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna People, the traditional owners of the land on which we stand and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present.

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National Human Rights Institutions

National Human Rights Institutions Statement Delivered by The Hon. John von Doussa, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Agenda Item 18(b) at the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, 14 April 2004 Opening Remarks The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity...

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I accepted the invitation to make this Oration and come here tonight with some trepidation: The person being honoured tonight, Dame Roma Mitchell, was the first federal Human Rights Commissioner and this is the territory that has known the powers of persuasion, conviction and commitment of the best human rights minds in the country, including Dame Roma Mitchell herself. Yet I reminded myself that we are both cultivators in the same vineyard, albeit that I both lagged behind her and sought to learn from her. My work today is made easier by the clear and decisive path cut out by my predecessor.

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Speeches by Professor Gillian Triggs

Professor Gillian Triggs was appointed President of the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ from 30 July 2012. Access her biography. 2012 APS Human Rights Network Delivered by Professor Gillian Triggs, 29 October 2012 Current issues Australia faces in relation to its treatment of refugees Delivered...

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10th International Criminal Congress

The topic of this seminar is ‘Criminal Justice in a climate of fear’. The word terrorism is not mentioned and yet the subject invites discussion of the impact of terrorism on life and laws in Australia.

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Australian Red Cross National Conference

I wish to start today by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting. On behalf of the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ, I pay my respects to their elders past and present.

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President Speech: A fair chance for every child: The right to survival and development (2010)

Check against delivery A fair chance for every child: The right to survival and development The Honourable Catherine Branson QC 11 August 2010 1 Introduction First, may I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respects to their elders, both...

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President speech: Using human rights to inform administrative decision-making

The right to non-discrimination on the basis of sex and immigration regulations: Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v The United Kingdom (28 May 1985) Eur Court HR

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President speeches: Human Rights in Australia

Thank you for inviting me here today to speak about human rights in Australia. I would like to use this opportunity to focus on how human rights are protected in Australia; and how you, as human rights educators, can help students to understand these protections. I will also seek to shed some light on the role of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and some of our responses to some current human rights issues.

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Launch of Trustees on Trial - recovering the stolen wages by Dr Rosalind Kidd

As many of you know, for over a decade Dr Kidd has been a tenacious and dedicated advocate for the rights of Indigenous people. She has focused especially on the gross inequities that occurred through and under the various 'Protection Acts' that operated in Queensland from the 1890s to the 1980s.

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International Human Rights Day Address

International Human Rights Day Address Delivered by John von Doussa QC, President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney, 10 December 2004 I begin by acknowledging that we are meeting on the traditional country of the Gadigal People, of the Eora Nation. In keeping with the theme of...

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H R Law Masterclass: Federal Anti-discrimination Law in an Employment Context: recent developments, likely future directions and the lessons from the past

To some of you the role of The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) in the industrial relations scene in Australia will be well known, others of you may be wondering why a representative of a human rights body would be speaking on this occasion. I propose therefore to briefly summarise HREOC's role in the administration of federal anti-discrimination law, including its complaint handling function, and to give some recent statistics.