Australian Human Rights Commission
CRPD information concerning Australia – 11.03.13
Table of Contents
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Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3
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Summary ....................................................................................................................... 3
3
Legal framework for human rights protection (article 4) ........................................ 4
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
3.5
3.6
3.7
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National Human Rights Consultation .......................................................... 4
National Human Rights Framework............................................................. 4
National Human Rights Action Plan ............................................................ 5
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ..................................................... 6
Public transport............................................................................................. 7
Access to premises ...................................................................................... 7
Access to services........................................................................................ 8
Education ...................................................................................................... 8
Consolidation of Australia’s discrimination laws ...................................... 9
National Disability Strategy .......................................................................... 9
National Disability Insurance Scheme ...................................................... 10
Discrimination on the basis of disability ................................................................. 11
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
Violence against people with disability in institutional settings (articles
3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17) .......................................................................................... 11
Access to justice (articles 3, 4, 5, 13, 14) .................................................. 12
Involuntary and non-therapeutic sterilisation (articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12,
15, 16, 17, 23) ................................................................................................ 13
Employment of people with disability (articles 3, 4, 5, 27) ..................... 13
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