Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 2005 - SECT 6

    (1)     The main object of the Act is to promote the human rights and welfare of people living in the ACT.

    (2)     The main object is to be achieved by establishing a commission that will—

        (a)     promote the provision of community education, information and advice in relation to human rights; and

        (b)     identify and examine issues that affect the human rights and welfare of vulnerable groups in the community; and

        (c)     make recommendations to government and non-government agencies on legislation, policies, practices and services that affect vulnerable groups in the community; and

        (d)     promote understanding and acceptance of, and compliance with, the Discrimination Act 1991

and the Human Rights Act 2004

; and

        (e)     acknowledge, protect and promote the rights of victims; and

        (f)     promote the protection of children and young people and people with a disability from abuse and exploitation; and

        (g)     promote environments that are safe for children and young people by—

              (i)     promoting the child safe standards prescribed under section 94V; and

              (ii)     encouraging providers of services for children and young people to uphold the standards; and

        (h)     promote improvements in the provision of prescribed services; and

              (i)     promote the rights of users of prescribed services; and

        (j)     promote an awareness of the rights and responsibilities of users and providers of services to which this Act relates; and

        (k)     provide an independent, fair and accessible process for the resolution of discrimination complaints, human rights complaints and complaints between users and providers of prescribed services; and

        (l)     provide a process to encourage and assist users and providers of prescribed services to make improvements in the provision of services, particularly by encouraging and assisting service users and providers to contribute to the review and improvement of service quality; and

        (m)     foster community discussion, and the provision of community education and information, about—

              (i)     this Act and related Acts; and

              (ii)     the operation of the commission; and

              (iii)     the procedures for making complaints.