Subject guides: Human Rights Law: Human Rights Law in Australia

Human Rights - Legislation and related resources

Australian Law Reform Commission Publications
Publications can be browsed by topic. Topics include "Cultural Diversity", "Disability", "Discrimination",
"Indigenous" and "Women".
Lawlex
Choose the Browse Legislation option from the Search Legislation box on the SAI GLOBAL Lawlex homepage. Includes a Human Rights category and sub-categories.

WARNING - while helpful, the Lawlex browsing index may NOT be comprehensive.

Australian Treaties Library - Human Rights
Via AustLII. Human Rights related treaties to which Australia is a signatory.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Decisions
Commission decisions in full text from 1985 - 2001 via AustLII. After 2001 jurisdiction for these matters fell to the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Court.
Federal Court of Australia - Full Court - Decisions
Via AustLII. From 2000, the Commonwealth Government transferred the public hearing and determination process regarding human rights matters from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to federal courts, inlcuding the Federal Court.
Federal Circuit Court of Australia - Human Rights
A note on the jurisdictional and legislative background regarding human rights matters in the Federal Circuit Court.
Human Rights 21: From the bench: landmark human rights cases
From the Australian Human Rights Commission - important Australian human rights cases over the last 21 years.

Amnesty International Australia
Australian chapter of the non-government organisation dedicated to the protection of human rights.
Australian Human Rights Commission
An independent statutory organisation established in 1986 and reporting to Federal Parliament via the Attorney-General.
Australian Law Reform Commission
The Australian Law Reform Commission is a federal agency that reviews Australia’s laws and can recommend reform to Government. The Inquiries section allows browsing by ALRC inquiry topic area. Inquiry topic headings include cultural diversity, disability, discrimination, family violence, indigenous, privacy and women.
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Based in the Faculty of Law at Monash University.