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The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 is an Act of Parliament of the state of Victoria, Australia, designed to protect and promote human rights.. It does so by enumerating a series of human rights, largely developed from those in the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, along with a number of enforcement provisions.
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission is a statutory authority in the Australian state of Victoria. [1] It replaced the Equal Opportunity Board, set up by Victorian Premier Dick Hamer in 1975. [2]
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...
Parliamentary sovereignty was legally tested following the passage of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities 2006, which delegated powers to the judiciary to oversee human rights violations within Victoria. Although this allows the judiciary to intervene in Parliament's role in certain circumstances, subsequent legal ...
Entitled "Bill of Rights" Human Rights Act 1998: 1998 United Kingdom: Human Rights Act 2004: 2004 Australia: Australian Capital Territory: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: 2005 European Union: Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006: 2006 Australia: Victoria: Chapter Four of the Constitution of Zimbabwe: 2013 ...
VCAT's main hearing venue is 55 King Street, Melbourne. Its Human Rights Division is at Level 4, 414 La Trobe St, Melbourne. VCAT also has offices in Frankston, Oakleigh and Bundoora, as well as Bendigo Law Courts. VCAT is required to make its decisions in accordance with the law, and can only make a decision based on the specific matter before it.
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In Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, the convention can be used by a plaintiff or defendant who invokes those jurisdiction's human rights charters. [82] While the Convention cannot be used to overturn a Victorian or ACT law, a Court can issue a 'declaration of incompatibility' that requires the relevant Attorney-General to respond ...