Human Rights Awards (Australia)

The Human Rights Awards is the highest human rights award of Australia, bestowed by the Australian Human Rights Commission at the Human Rights Day Ceremony on 10 December in each year.

It was established in 1987 by the then Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to recognise the "contribution to Australian society of a wide variety of men and women committed to issues of human rights, social justice and equality". The Australian Human Rights Commission receives nominations for the Human Rights Awards and Medals categories, with the choice of recipient made by an independent panel.

The individual Human Rights Award and Medal is awarded only to an individual who, to be eligible, must have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights in Australia in at least one of the following areas:

In addition, the entrants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.[1]

Categories

There are ten categories

The Awards are presented at the Commission’s annual Human Rights Medal and Awards ceremony.

Recipients of the Human Rights Medal[2]

References

  1. ↑ https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/nominations
  2. ↑ https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/previous-winners
  3. ↑ https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/2013-human-rights-medal-and-awards-winners

External links

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