The Queensland Department of Education has incorporated human rights considerations into their internal complaints process.

Tenants Queensland used the Queensland Human Rights Act to help a single mother who had experienced domestic violence to avoid eviction.

Tenants Queensland used the Queensland Human Rights Act to help a man with mental health issues to avoid eviction.

Tenants Queensland assisted a single mother, who was 7 months pregnant, to respond to an application for termination of her tenancy due to a serious breach which was based on the conduct of her ex-partner who was involved in alleged illegal activity.

A woman was at risk of becoming homeless following an eviction order being made against her by a tribunal.

The Office of the Public Guardian, a statutory office established to protect the rights and wellbeing of certain adults, children and young people, used the Queensland Human Rights Act in connection with the placement of two siblings in family-based care.

The Queensland Benevolent Society, a charity which supports people with a disability, children, families, older Australians and carers, has used the Queensland Human Rights Act to advocate for their clients.

Legal Aid Queensland successfully used the Queensland Human Rights Act to oppose the adjournment of a trial for a minor criminal offence.

When escalators at a train station were replaced by steep, inaccessible stairs, one older resident of the community made a human rights complaint.

After an Aboriginal woman with a disability, and her three children, were forced to vacate their social housing, the woman lodged a complaint regarding the length of time taken to arrange modifications to ensure she could shower and access the kitchen safely.

The ACT Human Rights Commission intervened in a court case regarding the infringement of the cultural rights of an Aboriginal child detained at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre.

A single mother waiting for public housing was removed from the housing assistance register because her income exceeded the new threshold.

Mariem Omari, a mother with a cognitive disability was under a guardianship order. Her sons were her guardians.

ACT Health applied to the ACT Supreme Court for a declaration that it would be lawful for the hospital treating an elderly man with a long history of schizophrenia not to provide him with nutrition and hydration.

Three men were each unlawfully detained. They made claims against the government for compensation for their wrongful detention.

The ACT Human Rights Act protects the right to education.

The parents of a man with a disability complained that their son had been deliberately frightened and provoked by his carers.

The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal decided a person with a cognitive disability, who the Tribunal had previously found to lack capacity under guardianship law, could not automatically be assumed to lack capacity to consent to psychiatric treatment orders.

The Commission wrote to the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal after it became aware that people in proceedings who spoke very limited English were not always being provided with free interpreters.

The Director of Public Prosecutions raised children’s rights under the Charter to support seeking an extension of time to allow a child, who was the victim/survivor of sexual assault, to give evidence via audio-visual recording.