Index
Research projects
Auditing the Victorian Charter
Developing an audit tool with people with disabilities for use in Victoria; developing social indicators of human rights for the wider population; examining public engagement with a human rights based approach in Victoria.
ARC funded Linkage project
Partner organisations are La Trobe University, DHS, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, VicHealth, VCOSS, Human Rights Law Resource Centre, and ABS
Self Advocacy and Inclusion: What can be learned from speaking up
Examining the emergence and growth of self advocacy by people with intellectual disabilities in Victoria. This inclusive research project seeks to examine further the contribution of self advocacy to social inclusion.
ARC funded Linkage project
Joint project with La Trobe University and ACHRE at RMIT
Partner organisations are Reinforce, Jewish Care, ST. John of God, Office of the Public Advocate, ANNECTO, and Office of the Senior Practitioner
Experiences of Restrictive Practices: A view from people with disabilities and family carers
This study examined the ways in which restrictive practices are viewed by people with disabilities and family carers. It demonstrates the necessity to reconceptualise the rights of public authorities to restrict people by taking into account environmental and service related factors.The Development of a Road map for Restrictive Practices
This project will develop systematic guidance around the new conceptualisation of restrictive practices building on ‘Experiences of Restrictive Practices’.
From Compliance to Culture: a framework for establishing milestones that measure human rights in practice.
A series of milestones were created through which local councils in Victoria could assess from their own perspectives and priorities how far they had moved towards establishing a human rights based approach. Performance indicators were developed to allow base-line assessment of performance to be established as improvements overtime.
Department of Justice Funded
Partnered with VLGA