The Disability Discrimination Act remains one of Australia’s most important human rights laws, but for it to protect people ...

The government sets out to revive Australia’s long tradition in human rights leadership, with a clearer brief for ...

Mark Dreyfus has been appointed Australia’s special envoy on human rights. Is the government prepared to match international ...

Australia is the only Western democracy not to have a Human Rights Act in its legal system or constitution. Instead, Australia has a patchwork of rights, leaning on individual legislation, such as the ...

Amnesty International Australia warns the protests laws passed today in Victoria risk restricting people’s right to protest, ...

Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report on Thursday calling for establishing a federal human rights act. The recommendation is the result of the committee’s ...

Today we announce the appointment of Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP as Australia’s Special Envoy for International Human Rights. As Special Envoy, Mr Dreyfus will renew Australia’s tradition as a global ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Australia is the only Western democracy that does not have a national Human Rights Act, but this may be about to change ...

Last week, a 17-year-old boy died by self-harm in his cell at Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Western Australia. This tragic event was the second death of a child within the state’s youth detention ...

Experts across the refugee sector urge the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to use its visit to Australia, starting ...