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All 16 of Australia’s children’s commissioners, guardians and advocates say a commitment by state attorneys-general to develop a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 does not go far enough. In a joint statement, Australian children’s commissioners, guardians and advocates said...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Covid-19 has triggered the most significant return to country by First Nations people since the homeland movement commenced in the 1960s. Thousands, like myself, returned to remote communities out of necessity. Facing the unknown, our family leaders who could made the courageous decision to gather...
Commission - General
Celebrating human rights heroes in 2020 Every year the Commission holds the Human Rights Awards to celebrate human rights achievements. However, given the extraordinary circumstances of 2020 we believe a new and different approach is needed to celebrate the many human rights heroes who have...
Rights and Freedoms
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ conference Free and Equal: An Australian Conversation on Human Rights Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 8 October 2019 President of the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ, Rosalind Croucher and fellow Commissioners Mr Les Malezer...
Rights and Freedoms
‘Free and Equal: An Australian Conversation on Human Rights’ 8 October 2019 Opening Remarks Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Check against delivery Your Excellency, Dr Michele Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Australian...
Rights and Freedoms
Australian ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell and Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow have today written to Minister David Coleman, calling for an urgent and compassionate resolution for the Tamil family detained in immigration detention on Christmas Island. “Given their connection to...
Rights and Freedoms
Opening Remarks Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Check against delivery Your Excellency, Dr Michele Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Commissioners—Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability...
Rights and Freedoms
The Honourable Justice Peter McClellan AM and Chrissie Foster have won the prestigious 2018 Human Rights Medal for their enormous contribution to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Chrissie Foster has long campaigned for justice for survivors of institutional...
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ is calling on the Federal Government to urgently transfer any seriously unwell asylum seeker children – and their families – from Nauru to Australia. The Commission notes several recent cases where the Federal Court of Australia has consistently found the...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Rights and Freedoms
Acknowledgments Thank you, Aunty Norma Ingram, for your very warm welcome to country. The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ is honoured to be here today on the ancestral lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future and warmly welcome any...
Commission - General
International Human Rights Day address - 2005 Delivered by the Hon John von Doussa QC President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Friday 9th December 2005 Audio of this speech in mp3 format (14 min 35 sec - 6.67 MB) I begin by acknowledging that we are meeting on the traditional country...
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