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Australia's First Bill of Rights

ACTHRA Project: Assessing the impact of the ACT HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2004

ACT ESCR Project: PROTECTING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN THE ACT

 

 

 

ACT Human Rights Act Research Project

The ACT Human Rights Act Research Project is a joint project of the ANU and the ACT Government, supported by a grant from the Australian Research Council. The project has been documenting the impact of Australia's first Bill of Rights - the ACT Human Rights Act 2004 - over its first five years of operation. The project was completed in July 2009: read our final report.

This website will continue to be updated to include up to date summaries of cases, news, publications and resources concerning the ACT Human Rights Act and the national debate about a bill of rights.

ACT Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Research Project

Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the ACT: models, methods and impact (the ‘ACT ESCR Project’) is a new joint project between the ANU (together with the Australian Human Rights Centre at UNSW) and the ACT Government, supported by a linkage grant from the Australian Research Council. 

The project will assess whether the ACT Human Rights Act 2004 should be amended to include economic, social and cultural rights. Click here to learn more about the project.

Contact us:
phone:(+ 61 2) 6125 7103
fax: (+ 61 2) 6125 1507
email: acthra@anu.edu.au

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What's New on the Site?

Most Recent Cases added to our Database

Latest media reports in our News section

November 2009

October 2009

 

Spotlight

Spotlight Archive

Final Report of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee released by Attorney-General Robert McClelland

8 October 2009

 

National Human Rights Consultation Committee submitted final report to Attorney-General Robert McClelland

30 September 2009

 

Professor Hilary Charlesworth interviewed by the CAPPE Public Ethics Radio on 'Human Rights Protection and Bills of Rights'

28 September 2009

 

Major Victorian Charter Case handed down: The Victorian Supreme Court reads
down coercive powers legislation to ensure compatibility with self-incrimination rights

24 September 2009

 

The ACTHRA Project's final report - 'The Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT): The First Five Years of Operation' - has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly.

19 August 2009

 

Selection of speeches given at the National Human Rights Consultation Public Hearings at Parliament House, 1-3 July 2009 available here

8 August 2009

 

Selection of key submissions to the National Human Rights Consultation available here

31 July 2009

 

Presentation given at RegNet by Justice Yvonne Mokgoro of the South African Constitutional Court on: 'The Role of Legislation and Courts in Promoting Socio-Economic Rights: the South African experience". (audio file available here)

24 July 2009

 

ACTHRA Submission to the National Human Rights Consultation

 

 

 
   
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