Law

This title provides an account of enforceable civil and political rights in Australia. In the absence of an Australian bill of rights, this title has been structured on the basis of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, which provides a primary source of substantive civil and political rights for Australian law.

Contents include: 21.1. Development and Definition of Human Rights ; 21.2. The Australian Legal Foundation ; 21.3. Machinery ; 21.4. Civil and Political Rights ; 21.9. Discrimination ; 21.10. Equality and the Rule of Law and more.

Useful sections include news, complaints, conciliation register, publications, legal submissions, federal discrimination law online, decisions 1985-2001.

Australian Human Rights Commission webpage containing links to external websites about human rights.

The Bench Book includes chapters on each Charter right, and on each of the Charter’s operative provisions including: statutory interpretation; obligations on public authorities and justifiable limitations on rights.

Includes links to Australian and International human rights pages and data sets

This guide focuses on how modern slavery issues are likely to arise in Australian courts and provides useful information to assist judicial officers in hearing such cases. It focuses on how modern slavery issues are likely to arise in Australian courts and provides useful information to assist judicial officers in hearing such cases.

This Library includes databases of Australian human rights law accessible via AustLII. It includes legislation, cases and journal reports as well as Australian human rights commission reports.

See the International law guide for international human rights resources