Human Rights - Civil Liberties Australia

For four years, CLA has been lobbying for a Human Rights Act (HRA) for Australia. On 30 May 2024, the Human Rights parliamentary committee agreed.

Please see details of the launch of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry report here and a full rundown on the committee’s 17 recommendations for a HRA and a Human Rights Framework as well.

In 2023 CLA achieved improvements to the HRA in the ACT, known as ’No Rights Without Remedy’. Citizens of the ACT will in future be able to take a human rights problem to the ACT Human Rights Commission for conciliation, and ultimately to ACAT, the Territory’s small claims and legal disputes tribunal, for a legal ruling if needed. In 2024, the ACT celebrates 20 years of its HR Act.

CLA is actively campaigning to improve the HR Acts in Queensland and Victoria by inclusion of the No Rights Without Remedy approach. We are also working with groups in SA, NSW, Tasmania, WA and the NT for the governments to introduce a HR Act into their state/territory law.

Here are background documents which outline the core campaign facts.