Human rights

The Attorney-General's Department coordinate's national security and emergency management policies and practices. The department also represents the government in national and international legal, justice, security and emergency-related matters and fora.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is an independent third party which investigates complaints about discrimination and human rights breaches.

In-depth listing of human rights organisations and websites compiled by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

An on-line resource for researching treaties to which Australia is a signatory, or where Australia has taken other treaty action.

An organisation committed to promoting universal human rights for all without discrimination; in Australia and globally.

An overview of rights and freedoms that draws on material prepared by the Attorney-General’s Department in consultation with the Australian Human Rights Commission.

The Australian Human Rights Institute break silos between academic research and real-world problems to progress human rights. They deliver interdisciplinary, applied research, empowering communities and educating the next generation of human rights leaders.

Through their detailed research and determined campaigning, they help fight abuses of human rights worldwide.

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre works to advance human rights in business.

Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people.

This organisation investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world.

International organisation founded in 1945 committed to maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

Website of a key component of the United Nations approach to understanding, development and enforcement of human rights law. Contains links to issues by country, key instruments and regulatory bodies, and other useful information.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that human rights are universal – to be enjoyed by all people, no matter who they are or where they live. The Universal Declaration includes civil and political rights, like the right to life, liberty, free speech and privacy.

A leading source of information on and resource for connecting with NGOs globally.

Provides quantitative data on government observance of 15 globally acknowledged human rights. It covers 202 nations, from 1981 to 2011. Academics, students, policymakers, and analysts use the dataset to estimate the human rights effects of a wide range of institutional changes and public policies, such as democratization, economic aid, military aid, structural adjustment, and humanitarian intervention.

For each country and territory, Freedom in the World analyses the electoral process, political pluralism and participation, the functioning of the government, freedom of expression and of belief, associational and organisational rights, the rule of law, and personal autonomy and individual rights.

A non-profit, non-partisan organisation that applies rigorous science to the analysis of human rights violations around the world.

This index by the Economic & Social Rights Empowerment Initiative measures The Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment (SERF) of countries party to the International Covenant for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

Search across 34 UN agency and organisational databases for data and statistics.

Provides access to World Bank data on a variety of indicators, through an interface that makes data easy to find and use.