http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc_legal_studies/index.cfm To provide a resource for LIAC to provide information to HSC students and teachers about LIAC resources en-au Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:46 +1100 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:28:42 +1100 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webadmins@sl.nsw.gov.au (Blog Admin) webadmins@sl.nsw.gov.au (Blog Admin) http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc_legal_studies/index.cfm/2009/9/22/rights-of-persons-with-disabilities--un-optional-protocol <p>The Optional Protocol to the United Nations <a href="http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml">Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</a> has come into force in Australia as of 20 September 2009.&nbsp; This protocol provides a mechanism for Australians to make complaints to the United Nations Disabilities Committee in the event that all domestic remedies have been exhausted.</p> <p>The Convention was ratified in July 2008.&nbsp; The Convention has also been declared under the <em>Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986</em> to enable the Australian Human Rights Commission to conciliate complaints based on breaches of the Convention.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/convention.htm">Australian Human Rights Commission </a>has useful information on this Convention and the rights of people people with disabilities.</p> Disability Discrimination Human Rights Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:28:42 +1100 http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc_legal_studies/index.cfm/2009/9/22/rights-of-persons-with-disabilities--un-optional-protocol