This is the final report from a five-year inquiry led by the Australian Human Rights Commission into Australia’s national protections for human rights and anti-discrimination. The report proposes a re-imagined National Human Rights Framework and outlines a major reset of how human rights are considered and protected in Australia.

The report makes 12 recommendations that focus on large, structural reforms at the national level to be advanced through the introduction of a revitalised National Human Rights Framework. These reforms would improve government accountability, increase awareness about human rights, and provide all people in Australia with better access to justice in case their rights are breached.

This report is the culmination of extensive research and consultations with government, stakeholder groups and civil society across Australia.