Links to Human Rights Organisations and Resources
Links to external websites
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice
- Age discrimination
- Community Partnerships for Human Rights
- Disability rights
- General
- Human rights
- Human rights education resources
- Legal
- Links to Federal Legislation
- Race discrimination
- Sex discrimination
- Social Justice
- State and Territory Anti-discrimination and Equal Opportunity Agencies
- United Nations websites
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Research and key resources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics - Indigenous specific data -
Indigenous Law Resources (Austlii: Australian Legal Information Institute site) - Australian Indigenous Peoples and the Law (Parliamentary Library of Australia)
- Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)
- Indigenous Law Centre (UNSW)
- AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research)
- National Native Title Tribunal
- Australian Institute for Criminology (Indigenous Justice in Australia)
- Family Violence Protection Legal Services
- Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC)
- Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project
Health
- Close the Gap
- Framework Agreements (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health)
- Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA)
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN)
- Co-operative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
- Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance (AMSANT)
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- Working with Indigenous Peoples with Disability
- Aborginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW
- Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia
- Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC)
- Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA)
- Indigenous Australian Research Program: Alcohol and Other Drugs Databases
- Aboriginal Sobriety Group Inc. (ASG)
- Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services
Indigenous media
- National Indigenous Times (NIT)
- Koori Mail
- National Indigenous Television (NITV)
- Message Stick (ABC Television)
- Imparja Television
- Warlpiri Media Association
Stolen Generations Groups and Information
- National Sorry Day Committee Inc. (NSDC)
- Stolen Generation Alliance
- Link up services
- National Library of Australia: Bringing Them Home Oral History Project
- AIATSIS family history unit
NGOs
- Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
- Reconciliation Australia
- Oxfam Australia
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (Archived site)
- Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Archive
International sites
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
- Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information (DoCIP)
Age Discrimination
- Attorney-General's Department
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
- Australian Council on the Ageing
- Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training
- Australian Youth Facts and Stats
- Elder Law Review
- HRM Guide
- JobWise
- NSW Commission for Children and Young People
- Older Women's Network NSW
Community Partnerships for Human Rights
- Australian Multicultural Education Service
- Australian Multicultural Foundation
- Australian Red Cross
- Community Languages Australia
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- Diversity in Health Institute
Disability Rights
Australian Government
- Australian Bureau of Statistics: Disability Ageing and Carers 1998
- Mental health branch resources page
- National Disability and Carer Ministerial Advisory Council
State and Territory government bodies
- Disability Services Queensland
- NSW Ageing and Disability Department
- W.A. Disability Services Commission
Peak / major organisations
- ACROD
- Association of Consultants in Access
- Australian Association of the Deaf
- Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
- Australian Federation of Deaf Societies
- Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
- Australian Quadriplegic Association
- Blind Citizens Australia
- Carers Association
- Council on the Ageing
- Deafness Forum
- Disability Studies and Research Institute
- Mental Health Council of Australia
- Mental Health Advocacy Service
- National Council on Intellectual Disability
- National Ethnic Disability Alliance
- Physical Disability Council of Australia
- Women With Disabilities Australia
Industry and employer organisations
- Australian Building Codes Board
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Australian Communications Industry Forum
- Australian Local Government Association
- Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment
- Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia
Links and news pages
- accessibility.com.au
- ACROD NSW's links page
- Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
- DICE (Disability Information and Communication Exchange)
- Enablenet: Disability Information Resource Centre portal
- European Disability Federation news page
- NSW State Library Disability Referral Guide
- Web Content Accessibility guidelines fact sheet
United Nations
- Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights: General Comment on Disability
- Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
- Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
- U.N. Mental Illness Principles
- UN Rapporteur on Disability home page
- UN Social Development Commission disability page
For more Disability Rights links and resources visit the Disability Rights section of this site where a more extensive list of disability links is maintained.
General
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Human Rights
- Attorney-General's Department, Commonwealth Government
- AusAid: The Australian Government's overseas aid program
- Australasian Legal Information Institute (Austlii)
- Bibliography for Research on International Human Rights Law
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Global Issues: Human Rights
- Derechos Caf: A Human Rights Hangout
- Equal Treatment Benchbook: Supreme Court of Qld
- A Human Rights Act for Australia - a New Matilda site
- Human Rights Art and Film Festival, Australia
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission decisions (on Austlii)
- Human Rights Web: Human Rights Organisations and Resources
- Internet Access to UN Information by Research Topic: Human Rights
- LawAccess Online
- Legal Aid Commission (ACT)
- Legal Aid NSW
- Legal Aid Commission Northern Territory
- Legal Aid Services South Australia
- Legal Aid Tasmania
- Legal Aid Victoria
- Legal Aid Western Australia
- National Human Rights Institutions Forum
- One World Online
- Refugee and Humanitarian visas to Australia (DIAC)
- Research Guide to International Law on the Internet: Human Rights
- SCALEplus
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
- Universal Rights Network
Human Rights
General Resources
- Amnesty International
- Amnesty International, Australia
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
- AusAid: The Australian Government's overseas aid program
- Auseinet: Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health
- Australian Law Reform Commission
- Australian Reproductive Health Alliance
- Bayefsky.com: The United Nations Human Rights Treaties
- BBC World Service: Children's rights
- BBC World Service: I have a right to....helps you understand your rights
- Human Rights Council of Australia
- Lawstuff: National Children's and Youth Law Centre
- National Committee on Human Rights Education (Australia)
- NSW Council for Civil Liberties
- Oxfam: Community Aid Abroad
- Refugee Council of Australia
- Religious Tolerance.org
- 8th National Rural Health Conference
- Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- United States Department of State
- Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre
- World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
International human rights treaties and other instruments:
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- Convention Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (ILO 111)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Declaration of the Rights of the Child
- Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
- Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, and
- Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief.
Human Rights Education Resources
The links below are to external websites and are a useful starting point in research. The sites contain invaluable information to assist teaching human rights. For resources developed by the Commission click here.
Australian resources
- A Just Australia - Just Refugee Programs
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission - Classroom (The Commission no longer exists - website is preserved by National Library of Australia's Pandora Archive)
- actnow.com.au - empowering young people
- ACTU Worksite for Schools
- Refugees' Human Rights Family divided under Australia's refugee policy
- AusAID's Global Education
- Australian Human Rights Centre
- Australian Human Rights and Civil Rights
- Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
- Bullying. No way!
- Champions of Justice: A Human Rights WebQuest
- Community Aid Abroad: 'Agenda for Human Rights'
- Discovernet: Teacher Zone
- Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers
- Education - The Age Newspaper
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency - Student Centre
- Free Documentaries online - Human Rights documentaries
- Human Rights ABC site
- Inspire Foundation
- Lawstuff - Know Your Rights
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educational Website
- NSW Commission for Children and Young People - Student Resources
- Play by the rules
- Racism. No Way! - Classroom Activities
- Reconciliation Australia
- United Nations Association of Australia
- World Vision Australia
International resources
- Amnesty International
- ARRC (Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education)
- BritKid
- The Commonwealth - education resources
- CRIN (Child Rights Information Network)
- E-space for young people on human rights (HIV/AIDS)
- Human Rights Watch
- New Internationalist - Teaching global issues
- 1951 Refugee Convention website
- OneWorld.net
- People's Movement for Human Rights Education
- Refugee Project and teachers' pack (UK)
- State of World Population 2000
- Tolerance.org
- United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef)
- United Nations - Human Rights Education
- United Nations - CyberSchoolBus
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- World Bank Group - Kids and Schools
Legal
Australia
International
United Nations
- United Nations
- UN daily news
- UN High Commission for Refugees
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- United Nations Human Rights Committee (the treaty body responsible for monitoring the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights)
- United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Note that many of the UN web-based resources can be difficult to locate or use. A more user friendly site, which includes many UN documents, may be found at the University of Minnesotta Human Rights Library
Other inter-governmental human rights entities/tribunals/courts
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- European Court of Human Rights
- International Labour Organisation
- Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Institutions of the Inter-American Human Rights System
Government human rights and anti-discrimination institutions
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
- Asian Human Rights Commission
- Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights
- National Human Rights Commission of India
- New Zealand Human Rights Commission
- Northern Ireland Equality Commission
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Quebec Human Rights Tribunal
- South African Human Rights Commission
- South African Commission on Gender Equality
- United Kingdom Equality and Human Rights Commission
Legal research
On-line tools useful for human rights/discrimination law issues
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
- Albert Sloman Library - UK Human Rights guide
- British and Irish Legal Information Institute
- Canadian Legal Information Institute
- American Society of International Law - Legal News and Commentary
- HREOC Decisions on AUSTLII
- Human Rights Documentation Centre
- Lexum (Law Resources of Canada and Quebec)
- Research Guide to International Law on the Internet: Human Rights - Treaties and documents and websites
- Supreme Court of Canada Judgements
- Supreme Court of the United States
- University of Minnesotta Human Rights Library
Journals relevant to human rights/discrimination law
- African Human Rights Law Journal - University of Pretoria
- South African Journal on Human Rights
- Australian Journal of Human Rights
- Canadian Human Rights Reporter
- Emory International Law Review
- European International Law Journal
- Forced Migration Review
- Harvard Human Rights Journal
- Human Rights Defender
- Human Rights Quarterly - Project Muse
- Human Rights Law Review - Oxford Journals
- Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
- Intersentia - Human Rights Publications
- Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights
- Melbourne Journal of International Law
- University of Denver, Human Rights Working Papers
- University of Ottawa, Human Rights Research and Education Bulletin
- Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal
General
- Africa Human Rights on the internet
- Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch
- Aboriginal Law and Legislation
- Amnesty International
- Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights
- Directory of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
- Georgetown University Law Centre, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Asylum Case Research Guide
- Human Rights and Human Welfare
- Human Rights Watch
- HG.org world wide legal directory - Human Rights
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- International Human Rights Law Group
- Human Rights First
- Liberty Victoria
- Monash University Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
- Northwestern University School of Law, Centre for International Human Rights
- The Human Rights Council of Australia
- The Human Rights Databank - Internet Directory
- The Refugee Council of Australia
- Department of Constitutional Affairs - UK Human Rights Unit
Links to Federal Legislation
- Age Discrimination Act 2004
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
- Native Title Act 1993
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984
- Australian Industrial Relations Commission
- Indigenous Employment Policy
- National Centre for Gender and Cultural Diversity
- Productive Diversity: Australia’s Competitive Advantage
- Aboriginal Studies Association
- AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)
- Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)
- Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies (Monash University)
- Commission for Racial Equality, United Kingdom
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia
- Indigenous Law Centre (University of NewSouth Wales)
- Lawstuff: know your rights
- Message Stick
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website
- Racism: No Way!
- Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
- The Source
Racial discrimination
Useful sites for Employers and Employees:
Other Useful sites:
Sex discrimination
Australian Government
- Australian Government Information Relating to Women
- Australian Government Office for Women
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
State and Territory government bodies
- Office for Women, ACT
- Office for Women, New South Wales
- Office for Women, Queensland
- Office for Women, South Australia
- Office of Women's Policy, Northern Territory
- Office of Women's Policy, Victoria
- Women Tasmania
International
- Equal Opportunities Commission, United Kingdom
- Gender and Education Association
- Ministry of Women's Affairs, New Zealand
- Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afganistan
- Status of Women, Canada
- United Nations - Women at a Glance
- United Nations - WomenWatch
- United Nations Development Fund for Women
- United States Department of Labour, Women's Bureau
- V-Day: Global movement to stop violence against women and girls
- Women and Equality Unit, United Kingdom
- Women for Women International
Women's Community Organisations and other links
- Australian Women's Health Network
- Country Women's Association of Australia
- Immigrant Women's Speakout Association
- National Women's Justice Coalition
- Older Women's Network
- Rural Women's Network
- Violence Against Women - Australia Says No
- Women's Rights Action Network Australia
- Working Women's Centres
- Women's Electoral Lobby Inc., Australia
- ACT Human Rights Commission
- Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales
- Anti-Discrimination Commission of Queensland
- Anti-Discrimination Commission Tasmania
- Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
- Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission
- South Australia Equal Opportunity Commission
- Western Australia Equal Opportunity Commission
- United Nations
- United Nations Association of Australia
- United Nations Documentation Research Guide: Human Rights
- United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Consideration of Reports
- Decisions and Views
- Individual Complaints, Press Releases and Other Documents
- General Comments, Concluding Observations on State Party Reports, Reports Pending and other Documents
- Press Releases and other Documents
- General Recommendations, Reports and Other Documents
- United Nations and the Status of Women
- United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
- General Recommendations, Opinions, State Party Reports and Other Documents
- Individual Complaints and Other Documents
