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Australian Human Rights Institute advisory committee announced

A group of eminent Australians will help guide the Australian Human Rights Institute for the next three years.

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Rosemary Kayess and Disability Rights at the United Nations

Rosemary Kayess gives an insider's view of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities.

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Members of the UNSW human rights choir at rehearsal

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Choir joins voices with Boston Children's Chorus

The Australian Human Rights Institute choir will perform with Boston Children's Chorus when the group visits UNSW Sydney.

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Registration Open: Public Interest Litigation in Australia - A Comparative Perspective

The conference at La Trobe University, Melbourne will bring together lawyers and advocates who are pursuing innovative litigation strategies.

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28 Aug

Reinventing Human Rights: Prof Mark Goodale

Professor Mark Goodale, University of Lausanne, argues that human rights can and should form the basis for both justice-seeking and specific social and institutional action in the future. Register

10 Sep

What’s the value of a human rights approach in social policy?

What’s the value of a human rights approach in social policy? Register for this special session at the Australian Social Policy Conference 2019.

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We acknowledge the Bedegal people who are traditional owners of the land on which we work. We pay our respect to the tens of thousands of years of stories and community life that has thrived in the Eora Nation and to the Elders past, present and emerging. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.