About the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)

Resources developed by HREOC

HREOC homepage
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/

HREOC Info sheet
An accessible overview of the structure and function of HREOC
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_sheet.html

About the Commission
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about_the_commission/index.html

Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/faqs/index.html

Info for Students

Info for Students homepage
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_students/

Frequently Asked Questions for Students
An easy to understand fact sheet of questions and answers about human rights
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/faqs/students.html

Information for Students
Includes a Human Rights Timeline which tracks the development of Human Rights from Early civilization to the 50th Anniversary of the UN Declaration in 1998
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_students /timeline/

Introduction to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_students/undhr/

FAQs about the United Nations
An easy to understand fact sheet of questions and answers about the United Nations
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/faqs/united_nations.html

Information for Students - Children's Issues
Explains the Convention on the Rights of the Child and human rights issues as they relate to children
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/info_for_students/childrens_rights/

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice section provides information on a range of indigenous issues including the stolen generations, deaths in custody, native title and social justice
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/

Social Justice Info sheet – A definition of ‘social justice’ including a discussion about recognising the distinctive rights that Indigenous Australians hold as the original peoples of this land
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/info_sheet.html

Social Justice Reports – The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is required to report annually to the Attorney-General regarding the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by Australia's Indigenous peoples. This provision also allows the Commissioner to make recommendations as to action that should be taken to ensure such enjoyment
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/sj_reports.html

Native Title Reports – Under the Native Title Act 1993, the Commissioner is required to make a Native Title Report to federal Parliament each year. Through these reports, the Commissioner gives a human rights perspective on native title issues and advocates for practical co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups in using land
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/nt_reports.html

Index of Social Justice resources
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/az_index.html

Disability Rights

The Disability Rights section outlines disability policy and projects within the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/

A brief guide to the Disability Discrimination Act

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights /dda_guide/dda_guide.htm

FAQs
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/faq/f.a.q.html

Index of Disability Rights resources
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/A-Z_index/a-z_index.html

Human Rights

The Human Rights section provides information on a range of human rights issues including asylum seekers, children, age discrimination, sexual preference, religion, political opinion, trade union activity and medical record
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/

HR explained
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_explained/

United Nations Special Session on Children
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/child_special_session/

Racial Discrimination

The Race Discrimination section outlines a range of issues related to racial discrimination in Australia
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/

A guide to the Racial Discrimination Act
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/guide_to_rda/

Isma Report website – National consultations on eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australians
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/isma/

E-race website – a web forum on race discrimination issues http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/Erace/

Cyber-racism website – provides background information about cyber-racism and the report from HREOC's Cyber-racism symposium held in October, 2002 http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/cyberracism/

Index of Racial Discrimination resources http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/links.html

Sex Discrimination

The Sex Discrimination section provides information on issues affecting women in Australia including equality between men and women, discrimination in employment, pregancy and family responsibilities and sexual harassment
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/

A guide to the Sex Discrimination Act

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/guide/

Getting to know the Sex Discrimination Act – A guide for young women http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/young_women/

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace resources http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/sexual_harassment.html

A Time to Value – Proposal for a national paid maternity leave scheme http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/pml2/

Women of the World – know your international human rights, is an information package to raise awareness and stimulate debate about women's human rights
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/cedaw/

Other Australian Human Rights Resources

State government peak bodies for anti-discrimination and equal opportunity

ACT Human Rights Office
http://www.hro.act.gov.au/

NSW Anti-Discrimination Board
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/adb

Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission
http://www.nt.gov.au/adc/

Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission
http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/

Equal Opportunity Commission of South Australia
http://www.eoc.sa.gov.au/public/

Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria
http://www.standuptoracism.com.au

Anti-Discrimination Commission Tasmania
http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/adc/adcfrontpage.htm

Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia
http://www.equalopportunity.wa.gov.au/

Government websites

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission – A major resource for information on Indigenous programs, activities and issues.
http://www.atsic.gov.au

Aboriginal Studies Association – The ASA is for teachers, students, parents and community - both Aboriginal and other Australian, tertiary educators, consultants and liaison staff and anyone who wants to know more or wants to share what they know about Aboriginal Studies.
http://www.asa.nsw.edu.au

AusAID Global Education website – provides primary and secondary school educational material
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/jsp/index.jsp

Australian Government Education Portal
http://www.education.gov.au/goved/go

Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women
http://www.osw.dpmc.gov.au

Commonwealth Ombudsman Australia
http://www.comb.gov.au

Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
http://www.eeo.gov.au/Information_Centres/Student_Centre.asp

National Museum of Australia – resources for schools
http://www.nma.gov.au/schools/school_resources/

National Native Title Tribunal – fact sheets
http://www.nntt.gov.au/publications/

NSW Department Commerce: Office of Industrial Relations
http://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/rights/

Parliamentary Education Office
http://www.peo.gov.au

Other Australian websites

Aborigines Online: Gooris on the Macleay – features artwork, stories and interviews with young people and has information on a wide range of topics including a guide to community services for young people
http://www.gotm.com.au/index.cfm

The ACTU Worksite for Schools has factsheets about worker's rights.
http://www.worksite.actu.asn.au/

The Age Education website
http://www.education.theage.com.au/

Amnesty International Australia
http://www.amnesty.org.au/

Amnesty International Australia – ‘Defending Refugees' Human Rights' has factsheets and asks people to consider the conditions that refugees leave their country and how they are treated in Australia
http://www.amnesty.org.au/whats_happening/refugees

Amnesty International Australia – ‘Stop Violence Against Women’
http://www.amnesty.org.au/whats_happening/stop_violence_against_women

The Asia-Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict
http://wwwlaw.murdoch.edu.au/apchr/

Australian Human Rights Centre
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/ahric

The Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation website has information on native title, the treaty process, reconciliation, stolen generations and practical reconciliation
http://www.antar.org.au/

Borderlands
http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/

Bullying No way! has information on issues including disability, gender, sexuality, religious diversity and cultural diversity.
http://www.bullyingnoway.com.au/

Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights
http://www.deakin.edu.au/cchr/

Discovernet is the learning gateway to Australian Museums and Galleries. It offers many uniquely Australian stories, exhibitions, interactive games and research activities that are relevant to all curriculum areas.
http://www.amol.org.au/discovernet/teacherzone/index.asp

Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education
http://www.erc.org.au

A Just Australia – Australians for Just Refugee Programs
http://www.justrefugeeprograms.com.au/

Lawstuff provides State-specific information for young people on legal issues such as alcohol, car accidents, employment, pregnancy and bullying. Presented in a fun and accessible way
http://www.lawstuff.org.au/

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website has information on culture, issues and links to resources
http://www.natsiew.nexus.edu.au/lens/topics/

NSW Commission for Children and Young People – Student Resources provides an all-in-one guide on its website for students or those interested in children's issues.
http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/publications/studentresources.html

Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
http://www.oxfam.org.au/

Play by the rules
http://www.playbytherules.net.au/

Racial Respect
http://www.racialrespect.org.au/home/

The Racism. No Way! project aims to assist school communities and education systems to recognise and address racism in the learning environment. It has classroom activities and a resource library.
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/

Reconciliation Australia is an independent non-profit body which provides a national focus for the process of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community.
http://www.reconciliationaustralia.org/

UNESCO Education Network - Australia
http://unesco.edna.edu.au/

United Nations Association of Australia
http://www.unaa.org.au/

World Vision Australia
http://www.worldvision.org.au/index.asp

International materials on human rights

United Nations sites

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - available in many languages
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm

The United Nations Website provides information about the history of the UN; its agencies and human rights issues; international treaties; humanitarian programs; peace and security programs; and economic and social development
http://www.un.org/

UNICEF – the United Nations Children's Fund assists children throughout the world.
http://www.unicef.org/

Voices of Youth (Unicef) -Voices of Youth' is a forum for young people to discuss different issues, such as child labour, education and poverty.
http://www.unicef.org/voy/

The UN CyberSchoolBus website provides lots of information on human rights for young people including quizzes and games. Includes teaching units on peace education, poverty and human rights
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus

UN Human Rights Education -co-ordinates the World Program for Human Rights Education http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/training/

The 1951 Refugee Convention website has information about the creation of the Convention and current refugee issues
http://www.unhcr.ch/1951convention/

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
http://www.un.org/hr/indigenousforum/

The State of World Population
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm

Women Watch
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

Other Non-Government Organisations' sites

Amnesty International – Established in 1961, Amnesty International is a vocal human rights advocate, particularly on torture, the death penalty and the imprisonment of people for their political beliefs
http://www.amnesty.org/

Amnesty International USA – Human Rights Education website
http://www.amnestyusa.org/education/

antiracist.com
This site run by The Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society (CAERS), dedicated to equality and the human rights community world wide
http://www.antiracist.com

ARRC (Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education) – includes a range of resources including Human Rights Education Success Stories and the "My Drawing, My Rights" online children's gallery
http://www.arrc-hre.com/home_frameset.html

The BritKid website provides resources for teachers on issues relating to race and racism in Britain
http://www.britkid.org/

CARF – Campaign Against Racism and Fascism – CARF is Britain's only independent anti-racist magazine, documenting resistance against racism
http://www.carf.demon.co.uk/

Child Rights Information Network
http://www.crin.org/

E.R.A.C.E – slick looking US site, dedicated to promoting reconciliation and unity amoung races
http://www.erace.com

ERASE: Expose Racism & Advance School Excellence – the ERASE Initiative is a national program which challenges racism in public schools and promotes racial justice and academic excellence for all students
http://www.arc.org/erase/

The Girls Go Global Project is an international initiative to bring together contemporary and popular culture images of global feminism from women and girls across the globe
http://www.girlsgoglobal.org

Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. It deals with global issues including children's rights, refugees, women's rights and international justice
http://www.hrw.org

iCare: Internet Centre Anti-Racism Europe – I CARE is a virtual network to support and to be used by those who are committed to improve universal human rights standards and particularly non - discrimination principles. I CARE's main role is to provide services adapted to the needs of NGOs and to European civil society in general
http://www.icare.to

International Labour Organisation
http://www.ilo.org

Islam and Human Rights
http://www.law.emory.edu/IHR/

Museum of Tolerance – many resources about the holocaust
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/resources/

The New Internationalist website has regular updates on human rights campaigns from around the world.
http://www.newint.org

One World is an umbrella group made up of over 1,500 non-government organisations. It has heaps of easy-to-read information on human rights, social justice and aid and development issues in all sorts of different media.
http://www.oneworld.net/

outProud – the national coalition for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth
http://www.outproud.org/

Racism Watch Desk – “the Racism Watch Desk monitors and combats the media's marginalization, misrepresentation and exclusion of people of color--both in the news and in the newsroom"
http://www.fair.org/racism-desk/

The Tolerance.org website provides lots of information for teachers, kids and parents on promoting tolerance, diversity, equity and human rights
http://www.tolerance.org

The World Bank Group – GenderNet
http://www.worldbank.org/gender/

World Wise Schools
Teaching resources from US Peace Corps. "seeks to engage US Students in an inquiry about the world, themselves, and others"
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/

Youthinformation.com
http://www.youthinformation.com