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6 Main objects of Act
(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.