A new report by the Human Rights Law Centre’s Whistleblower Project outlines options for establishing a distinctly Australian whistleblower rewards scheme, drawing on the experience of comparative jurisdictions.

In our new report we’re calling for strip searches in Australian prisons to be banned in law by all governments.

Commissioned by the Human Rights Law Centre and authored by Professor Jessie Hohmann from the UTS Faculty of Law, this new report shows how an Australian Human Rights Act could person should have a safe, secure and healthy place to call home, regardless of their postcode or bank balance.

The Human Rights Law Centre has launched a new guide to help protect whistleblowers and NGOs from from retaliatory legal risks, and safeguard truth-telling and transparency.

Women who blow the whistle are vital to exposing wrongdoing but are paying a heavy price for their courage. This report analyses the first year of client data from the Human Rights Law Centre’s Whistleblower Project.

Australia’s human rights record is coming under scrutiny, ahead of a major United Nations human rights review, known as the Universal Periodic Review.

A new messaging guide and research project to support stronger corporate accountability laws in every region.

A comprehensive blueprint for establishing a Whistleblower Protection Authority, which would be a new, dedicated statutory agency to support, protect and empower Australia’s whistleblowers.

An urgent United Nations complaint has been made about Australia’s discriminatory youth justice systems and how they seriously violate the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

The Human Rights Law Centre calls on all the re-elected Albanese Government to be bold in progressing human rights in this next Parliament, by strengthening our human rights and creating a fairer future for everyone.

Commissioned by the Human Rights Law Centre and authored by Professor Jessie Hohmann from the UTS Faculty of Law, this new report shows how an Australian Human Rights Act could person should have a safe, secure and healthy place to call home, regardless of their postcode or bank balance.

Thinking about making a disclosure of wrongdoing? We have legal information guides for public and private sector workers which will assist you in navigating how to make a disclosure and give you information about your rights. These resources are for general information purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for legal advice.