The Australian Human Rights Institute produces world-leading research and advances debate on critical human rights issues. Our strategic and rigorous research transforms practices to mainstream human rights, with a focus on inequality and accountability.
Civil society groups including the Australian Human Rights Institute have welcomed the Albanese Government’s appointment of Australia’s first national, independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Dr Dion Kagan & Scientia Associate Professor David J Carter examine efforts to identify and eliminate the legal issues causing harm to people living with HIV and hepatitis B in Australia.
This Human Rights Explainer examines how the fast fashion industry impacts human rights and the environment, and the approaches of some governments and companies to tackle these impacts.
This research project focuses on the understanding, promotion and development of policies for sex and gender sensitive research across the health and medical research ecosystem within Australia.
This research seeks to identify the barriers and opportunities to recruitment, retention and progression of LGBTQ+ professionals and tradespeople in the construction sector, Australia's third largest employer.
This project, a recipient of the Australian Human Rights Institute's 2021 seed funding round, aims to utilise empirical air pollution data in order to improve the health outcomes of Pacific communities.
