103 ‘The Queen on the Application of Bernard v.
London Borough of Enfield, [2002] EWHC 2282
(Admin)’ ESCR-Net (Web Page) <https://www.
escr-net.org/caselaw/2015/queen-applicationbernard-v-london-borough-enfield-2002-ewhc2282-admin>.
104 Equality and Human Rights Commission, Close
to home: An inquiry into older people and human
rights in home care (November 2011) <https://
www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/
files/close_to_home.pdf>.
105 Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.
106 Law Council of Australia, Submission 166, Free
& Equal Inquiry.
107 Jim McGinty, ‘A Human Rights Act for Australia’
(2010) 12(1) University of Notre Dame Australia
Law Review 27.
108 Law Council of Australia, Submission 166, Free
& Equal Inquiry.
109 Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) by the Sex
Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation,
Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013
(Cth).
110 See, eg, findings in Australian Human Rights
Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
(2014) <https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/
asylum-seekers-and-refugees/publications/
forgotten-children-national-inquiry-children>;
Australian Human Rights Commission, A last
resort? National Inquiry into Children in
Immigration Detention (April 2004) <https://
humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylum-seekersand-refugees/publications/last-resort-nationalinquiry-children-immigration>.
111
See eg, Royal Commission into Institutional
Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final
Report (December 2017) <https://www.
childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/final-report>;
Royal Commission into the Protection and
Detention of Children in the Northern Territory,
Final Report (November 2017) <https://www.
royalcommission.gov.au/child-detention/finalreport>.
112 Associate Professor Liz Curran, Submission 67,
Free & Equal Inquiry.
113 Uniting Church of Australia, Submission 91, Free
& Equal Inquiry.
114 Canberra Community Law, Submission 111, Free
& Equal Inquiry.
115 Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 141, Free & Equal
Inquiry.
116 Currently the Commission conciliates human
rights complaints based on international treaty
rights, however there is no pathway to court. See
discussion at chapter 2 section 1.3(a) and chapter
11 section 3.
117 See eg, Lord Bingham’s comments in A (FC) and
others (FC) (Appellants) v Secretary of State
for the Home Department (Respondent) [2004]
UKHL 56 [42].
98
118 Queensland Advocacy Incorporated, Submission
63, Free & Equal Inquiry; Associate Professor
Liz Curran, Submission 67, Free & Equal Inquiry.
119 Julian Gardner, Submission 79, Free & Equal
Inquiry.
120 R (Limbuela, Adam and Tesema) v Secretary of
State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66,
[2006] 1 AC 396 [34].
121 R (Limbuela, Adam and Tesema) v Secretary of
State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66,
[2006] 1 AC 396.
122 R (Limbuela, Adam and Tesema) v Secretary of
State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66,
[2006] 1 AC 396 [20].
123 Human Rights Act 1998 (UK) art 3.
124 R (Limbuela, Adam and Tesema) v Secretary of
State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66,
[2006] 1 AC 396, discussed in Conor Gearty, On
Fantasy Island (OUP, 2016), 151.
125 R (Limbuela, Adam and Tesema) v Secretary of
State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66,
[2006] 1 AC 396 [76].
126 R (Limbuela, Adam and Tesema) v Secretary of
State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66,
[2006] 1 AC 396 [75], discussed in Conor Gearty,
On Fantasy Island (OUP, 2016) 151.
127 Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act
2006 (Vic) ss 10, 17.
128 Human Rights Law Centre, Charters of Human
Rights make our lives Better: 101 Cases
showing how (2022) <https://www.hrlc.org.au/
reports/2022/6/2/charters-of-human-rightsmake-our-lives-better>. Original source: Certain
Children v Minister for Families and Children
[2017] VSC 251.
129 Human Rights Law Centre, Charters of Human
Rights make our lives Better: 101 Cases
showing how (2022) <https://www.hrlc.org.au/
reports/2022/6/2/charters-of-human-rightsmake-our-lives-better>. Original source: ACT
Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2015–
16 (2016) 24; The Matter of ER (Mental Health
and Guardianship and Management of Property)
[2015] ACAT 73.
130 UN Human Rights Committee, C v Australia,
Communication No. 900/1999, UN Doc CCPR/
C/76/D/900/1999 (2002) [7.3] <http://www.
unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/f8755fbb0a55e15ac1256
c7f002f17bd?Opendocument>.
131 Simpson v Attorney General (Baigent's case)
[1994] 3 NZLR 667 [691].
132 Since Australia first joined the individual
complaints determination processes at the UN,
there have been 52 cases in which human rights
violations by Australia have been found. ‘Cases’
Remedy Australia (Web Page) <https://remedy.
org.au/cases/>.
133 Remedy Australia (Web Page) <https://remedy.
org.au/>.