Do we really need a federal Human Rights Act and what form should it take?

Thursday 30 March 2023

Co-hosted by the Melbourne Law School Human Rights Community and the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies.

An Armchair Conversation between Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission and Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders, Melbourne Law School. Hosted by Professor John Tobin, Melbourne Law School.

On 7 March this year the Australian Human Rights Commission released its position paper on a proposed model for a Human Rights Act for Australia. The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies was pleased to co-host a conversation between two of Australia’s most highly respected legal academics to discuss the features of this model and its merits.