Australian Human Rights Commission

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The Australian Human Rights Commission (English: Australian Human Rights Commission , AHRC) is a government-funded, but independent working commission for human rights in Australia . It was founded in 1986 in Sydney .

history

The legal basis is the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 , the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission was in 2008 Australian Human Rights Commission renamed.

The AHRC is a national member of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC).

aims

The commission is against age discrimination and sexism and advocates children's rights , asylum and the concerns of Aborigines and the disabled. The motto of the commission is "Human rights: everyone, everywhere, everyday" (German "Human rights: Everyone, everywhere, always")

The Commission protects and improves the human rights situation in Australia by introducing values ​​into everyday life and language, reminding governments nationally and internationally to preserve human rights and educating people about their rights.

organization

The commission consists of a president and six commissioners. The lawyer and judge Marcus Einfeld (1986 to 1990) was appointed the first president of the commission, and the academic Gillian Triggs has been chairwoman since 2012 . The director has been the journalist and lawyer Elaine Pearson since 2013 .

The areas of responsibility are set out in the Australian Human Rights Commission Regulations 1989 . There is a commissioner for each desired field of activity, the

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner ;
  • Disability Discrimination Commissioner ;
  • Race Discrimination Commissioner ;
  • Sex Discrimination Commissioner ;
  • Age Discrimination Commissioner ;
  • National Children's Commissioner .

Awards and medals

The Commission awards prizes every year. They are awarded to activists or companies.

Offer of a reward:

  • Human Rights Medal: each for individuals and organizations
  • Youth Prize, The Young People's Human Rights Medal
  • Legal Award, Human Rights Law Award
  • Media Prize, Media Award: divided into Human Rights Radio Award , Human Rights Television Award , Human Rights Print Media Award , Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award .
  • Racism - It Stops With Me award
  • Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Award

The number of nominations reached a high of 329 in 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Transitional Provivisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986. ( Memento of May 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 19, 2016 (English).
  2. ^ ICC: Directory of Institutions - Asia Pacific. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  3. ^ About the Commission. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Human Rights Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2016.