Links to External Resources

Australia's first Bill of Rights

• ACT's Human Rights Act 2004

Other models

• New South Wales, Parliament, Legislative Council, Standing Committee on Law and Justice, A NSW Bill of Rights, The Committee, Sydney, 2001 (Parliamentary paper no. 893) (Report 17, October 2001)

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia

• The Constitution

Conventions and Declarations

• International Human Rights Instruments

• The United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Other

• A Summary of United Nations Agreements on Human Rights

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

• The Australian Treaties Library

• Wikipedia's general article on bills of rights which lists many links to articles on human rights, and other bills such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998 (United Kingdom) and the United States Bill of Rights.

Government Departments

• Department of Foreign Affairs: Human Rights Manual

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Human Rights organisations

• The Human Rights Council of Australia Inc A non-government organisation promoting human rights internationally and within Australia

• Amnesty International - Australia

• Australian Lawyers for Human Rights A network of Australian lawyers interested in furthering awareness and advocacy of human rights in Australia. ALHR promotes the practice of human rights law in Australia and works with Australian and international human rights organisations to achieve this aim

Indigenous

• Indigenous Law Resources

The Creative Arts - Freedom of Expression & Sedition

• NAVA's (National Association for the Visual Arts) Freedom of Expression and Sedition campaign - "In response to the announcement by the Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock that the government will not make the changes to sedition laws recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), NAVA has joined with others in the legal, arts and media sectors to demand changes needed to guarantee freedom of expression. Our concern is especially for artists and other creators however, this principle applies for all Australians..."