Jasreet from Werribee Secondary College is the winner of the 2024 School Writing Competition.

Too many people, especially children, do not have full access to their right to education, according to the Right to Education in Australia report, authored by the University of Newcastle’s Centre for Law and Social Justice in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Centre.

The Federal Government COVID-19 inquiry has been told that the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the missing human rights considerations in federal government decisions and policies. 

A new resource has been developed to defend and promote human rights for all Victorians. 

South Australia’s Parliament has launched an inquiry into whether the state should join Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory by enacting a Human Rights Act or Charter.

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for the ACT Government to strengthen its proposal to add the right to a healthy environment to the Human Rights Act 2004.

Forum held on 15 November 2023 co-hosted by Human Rights Law Centre and Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW.

The Human Rights Law Centre today applauds the ACT Government for introducing legislation to enshrine the ‘right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment’ into the Human Rights Act 2004.

The Albanese Government can create a lasting legacy by introducing a Charter of Human Rights to ensure that dignity, equality and respect guide all government laws and decision-making. 

The Charter campaign is making a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework that a Charter will benefit the whole community.

On 20 June 2023 the Human Rights Law Centre and University of Technology Sydney’s Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion co-hosted a webinar on people with disability’s human rights, and what difference a Charter of Human Rights would make.

On 4 May 2023 the Human Rights Law Centre and University of Newcastle’s Centre for Law and Social Justice co-hosted a webinar on young people’s human rights, and what difference a Charter of Human Rights would make.

Read the winning entry for the 2023 Australian Charter of Human Rights School Writing Competition.

Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus KC has asked the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights to investigate updating the Federal Human Rights framework, with a focus on whether Labor should implement a Charter of Human Rights. 

The AHRC paper, Free + Equal endorses the clear calls made by the Human Rights Law Centre and a coalition of over 80 organisations urging the Federal Government to follow the examples set by Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory and adopt a legally enforceable Federal Human Rights Act or Charter. 

The Human Rights Law Centre made a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into discrimination law exemptions for religious educational institutions.

A submission to the Federal Treasury’s consultation on the upcoming 2023-24 Federal Budget highlights that Federal Budgets should not only factor in issues like monetary cost, but also the basic standards and wellbeing that everyone in the community should enjoy.

A joint submission has outlined the importance of an Australian Charter of Human Rights for people with a disability and the need for human rights to be at the heart of government laws, policies and services.

A new report exposes the failure of the Federal parliament in the 2019 –22 term to fulfil its promise to properly consider human rights before voting on legislation.

The 101 cases highlight the benefits of the Charters of Rights that exist in the ACT, Victoria and Queensland, and the need for a national Charter of Rights.