The Disability Discrimination Act remains one of Australia’s most important human rights laws, but for it to protect people effectively, everyone — whether in the government or in the community — ...

A delegation of United Nations inspectors have raised the alarm about Australia's detention facilities and a breach of human ...

The world marks Human Rights Day this Wednesday 10 December. But a comprehensive parliamentary report calling for a national ...

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 ...

Racism - and widespread denial of the issue - have been called out as human rights advocates are recognised by their peers.

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 ...

William Tilmouth, an Arrernte man from Alice Springs/Mparntwe, has received Australia's top human rights honour for his lifelong commitment to ...

(Bangkok) – The Australian government’s progress on human rights over the past year was undermined by continued abuses against refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch said today in its World ...

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 ...

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

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) alumnus has received top honours at the Australian Human Rights Commission's awards gala, using his acceptance ...