Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, 30 October 2017 148 From September 2014 to September 2015, 280 reported incidents were logged with Islamophobia Register Australia, of which 12% were ‘physical incidents’ and 33% were ‘verbal incidents’. See: Islamophobia Register Australia, ‘Preliminary Findings Report 01/12/15’ (2015) At https://www.facebook.com/islamophobiaregisteraustralia/posts/812147742241503 (viewed 30 October 2017). 149 Australian Human Rights Commission, Freedom from Discrimination: Report on the 40 th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act (2015) 61. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/ourwork/race-discrimination/publications/freedom-discrimination-report-40th-anniversary-racial (viewed 3 May 2017). 150 Kevin Dunn et al, ‘The resilience and ordinariness of Australian Muslims: Attitudes and experiences of Muslims Report’ (Western Sydney University, Islamic Sciences and Research Academy, Charles Sturt University, Sydney) 32. At https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/988793/12441_text_challenging_racis m_WEB.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017). 151 For example, a participant in Darwin stated that anti-Muslim abuse had led Muslim women to ‘change where they shop, how they shop, their participation in public life’. At the Melbourne consultation, one participant reported that a group of Muslim musicians cancelled a public music performance due to fear they would be attacked or abused on public transport on their way to the event. See Australian Human Rights Commission, Freedom from Discrimination: Report on the 40th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act (2015) 42. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/race-discrimination/publications/freedom-discriminationreport-40th-anniversary-racial (viewed 10 October 2017). 152 Andrew Markus, Australians Today: The Australia@2015 Scanlon Foundation Survey (Scanlon Foundation, Australian Multicultural Foundation and Monash University, 2016) 62. At http://scanlonfoundation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Australians-Today.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017). 153 See, for example, Arnold Bloch Leibler, ‘Racial discrimination action settles’ (Media Release, 18 February 2013). At http://www.smartjustice.org.au/cb_pages/files/Media%20Release%20%20FKCLC%20%26%20ABL%20Feb%202013.pdf (viewed 15 December 2016); Sarah Farnsworth, ‘Young South Sudanese ‘constantly stopped’ by police, as community grapples with Apex stigma’, ABC News (4 December 2016). At http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-04/young-south-sudaneseconstantly-stopped-by-police/8078642 (viewed 15 December 2016). 154 Mutuma Ruteere, Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on his mission to Australia, UN Doc A/HRC/35/41/Add.2 (9 June 2017) 14 [54]. At http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session35/Documents/A_HRC_35_41_Ad d_2_EN.docx (viewed 10 October 2017). 155 Australian Human Rights Commission, In our own words — African Australians: A review of human rights and social inclusion issues (2010). At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/racediscrimination/projects/our-own-words-african-australians-review-human-rights-and (viewed 10 October 2017). 156 Australian Human Rights Commission, Principles to promote and protect the human rights of international students (2012). At http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/book-principles-promoteand-protect-human-rights-international-students (viewed 30 October 2017). The Principles were circulated widely to a broad range of stakeholders, including federal, state and territory education ministers, shadow federal education minister and federal, state and territory Departments of Education. See Australian Human Rights Commission, International Students’ Human Rights: a review of the Principles and the issues (2015) 7–11. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/racediscrimination/publications/international-students-human-rights-review-principles-and (viewed 29 September 2017). 157 International students struggle to find employment. Sometimes this is because employers specifically state employment is for Australian citizens or permanent residents only. Some international students have problems getting past the screening process for a job, possibly due to foreign sounding names. As a result, some try to adopt Western sounding names to get a job interview. Exploitation in employment was also noted by respondents, as occurring in a number of ways including underpayment, no payment for trials, work hours, and pregnancy rights. See Australian Human Rights Commission, International Students’ Human Rights: a review of the Principles and the issues (2015) 10. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/racediscrimination/publications/international-students-human-rights-review-principles-and (viewed 29 September 2017). 57