Creating an Australian Human Rights Act will benefit the whole community.
It will help prevent human rights violations, provide a powerful tool for challenging injustices, and foster a culture of understanding and respecting human rights.
That’s why we’re pushing the Australian Government to create
a Human Rights Act and we need your help!
A Human Right Act will achieve these changes:
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Governments must consider people’s human rights when creating new laws and policies and also when delivering services – like aged care, Medicare, disability services, and education funding.
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People can take action and seek justice if their rights are violated.
Ideally we’d like to see all of our human rights protected in the Australian Constitution, but even without a referendum, the Australian Parliament can still introduce a Human Rights Act at any time.
If we work together to show our politicians that communities all over the country want values like fairness, compassion and equality properly protected, then we can transform Australia’s human rights landscape. We can give people the power to take action when their human rights are violated.
The Human Rights Law Centre is currently writing an Australian Human Rights Act that would protect in law all of the fundamental human rights set out in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
By joining the campaign, you can help make a national Human Rights Act a reality!