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Learn how Australians could once be imprisoned on the grounds of not fulfilling a contract and how this is no longer the case.

Learn about how under international law, human rights are to be recognised for all individuals in Australia, including refugees and asylum seekers.

Learn that under human rights law, no person shall be subjected to torture or subjected without free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.

Read about the Commission's work in relation to ending slavery, including any forced or compulsory labour, along with the slave trade.

Back to rights and freedoms: right by right Introduction | Commission work | International scrutiny | More information | Comments Introduction ICCPR Article 9 states: Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are …

Learn how human rights and freedoms are protected under Australian and international law and that there are limited situations where they can be infringed.

Human Rights Commission Occasional Paper no.14 November 1986 Contents Foreword (Word) or PDF Programme (Word) or PDF List of Participants (Word) or PDF OPENING Opening Address: Senator The Hon. Don Chipp (Word) or PDF An Outline of the Human Rights Commission's Research Project on the Right of Peaceful Protest: Robin Handley (Word) or PDF MEDIA REPORTING OF PROTEST ACTIVITY Media Reporting…

Back to rights and freedoms: Right by right Introduction | Commission work | International scrutiny | More information | Comments Introduction Article 6 of the ICCPR states: Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be …