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More than 100 prominent academics have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for a royal commission into violence, abuse and neglect of people with a disability.
There are definitely brave disabled people out there but they are brave for what they have achieved, not because they are in a wheelchair, have autism, missing a limb or…
Just one day after the ABC aired last week’s Four Corners investigation into taxpayer-funded group homes for the disabled, my office had a call about an extremely troubling case of…
Attorney-General Brandis has announced that the Australian Government will be ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“OPCAT”). In
Human Rights and You is a national video-based e-learning program for disability support workers about why human rights matter when supporting people with disability. The program aligns with the Victorian
The justice system doesn’t know how to respond to disability, particularly for Indigenous Australians, writes Patrick McGee who addressed the inaugural Australian Lawyers for Human Rights National Human Rights Conference…
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission had 8170 inquiries raising 11,823 issues in the past financial year. Disability was raised 1808 times, which is more than any other…
Research released in the medical journal BMJ Open on Wednesday reveals a disturbing pattern of unnecessary deaths in the Australian health system.
This animation will help you understand what human rights are and why they are important in your work with people with disability. This short video is part of the ‘Human
West Australian disability advocates and families want women in government care to be given the right to choose female carers to assist with showering and other intimate duties to minimise…
Ten years ago, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was successfully negotiated by the very people whose lives it would touch. Today, people with disabilities have gone…
The Human Rights Oration was held on 7 December 2016, with a keynote address presented by former federal Disability Discrimination Commissioner and human rights advocate Graeme Innes AO followed by…
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