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.

At the heart this report is a call for Australian governments and civil society to meaningfully engage with the rights of Indigenous peoples through UNDRIP. The challenge for the Australian Parliament is to determine how these rights should be enjoyed and made meaningful for Aboriginal and Torres Islander peoples within the political and legal systems...

In this paper, the author examines the issue of judicial independence and judicial politicisation in a comparative perspective. The paper starts with some general observations, then turns to the United States and moves on to the United Kingdom, before distilling some lessons — and perhaps warnings — for Australia.

As part of the ALRC's 'Where next for law reform?' project, the ALRC is encouraging Australians to think big. Arguably the most significant law reform initiative would be to revise the Australian Constitution. This paper has been prepared to start the conversation.

The issue of an Australian bill of rights has been placed back on the political agenda by a visiting UN expert. Michel Forst is the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders. After two weeks in Australia, he delivered his preliminary report and recommendations to government yesterday. He says federal officials were not happy with...