Human Rights Awards (Australia)

The Human Rights Awards are a series of awards for achievements in the field of human rights in Australia, bestowed by the Australian Human Rights Commission at the Human Rights Day Ceremony in December in each year.

History

The Human Rights Awards were 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".

Description

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:

  • Taking action to overcome discrimination or infringements of human rights within Australia
  • Encouraging greater social harmony within Australia in a range of areas such as race relations, gender equality and the treatment of children and young people
  • Enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians
  • Promoting equal opportunity for people with a disability in Australia or countering discrimination on the basis of age or sexuality.
  • Increasing awareness of issues of injustice or inequality in Australia.

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

The awards are bestowed by the AHRC at the Human Rights Day Ceremony in December in each year.

Categories

As of 2018 categories include:[2]

  • Human Rights Medal (Highest in this awards)
  • Young People’s Human Rights Medal (from 2008)
  • Law Award
  • Business Award
  • Government Award (from 2018)
  • Racism. It Stops With Me Award (from 2015)
  • Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award
  • Community Organisation Award
  • Media Award
  • Government Award

The Government Award category was created in 2018, when the finalists included three state government programs and one local government program.[3]

Discontinued categories
  • Literature Award (Discontinued in 2015)
  • Print and Online Media Award (Discontinued in 2015)
  • Radio Award (Discontinued in 2015)
  • Television Award (Discontinued in 2015)

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

Human Rights Medal

Recipients include:[4]

Young People’s Human Rights Medal

Recipients include:[4]

  • 2008 - Alan Huynh
  • 2009 - Venay Menon
  • 2010 - Jack Manning Bancroft
  • 2011 - Tshibanda Gracia Ngoy
  • 2012 - Krista McMeeken
  • 2013 - Mariah Kennedy
  • 2014 - Daniel Haile-Michael and Maki Issa
  • 2015 - Yen Eriksen
  • 2016 - Arash Bordbar
  • 2017 - Georgie Stone
  • 2018 - Saxon Mullins
  • 2019 - Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts[9][10][11]

Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award

Named to honour Tony Fitzgerald AC QC. Recipients include:[12]

Racism. It Stops With Me Award

Finalists and recipients have been:

Business Award

Law Award

Government Award

Community Organisation Award
  • 2019: Just Reinvest NSW[10]

Media Award

2019: ABC Investigation into Aged Care[10]

References
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  2. "2018 Winners". Human Rights Awards. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. "Government finalists named for human rights awards". The Mandarin. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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  7. Sanda, Dominica (8 December 2017). "NRL star Johnathan Thurston wins human rights award in eventful ceremony". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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  9. "Human Rights Awards 2019". Anti-Discrimination NSW. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. "Rosemary Kayess wins 2019 Human Rights Medal". Mirage News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  11. "UNSW Law student named as a finalist for Human Rights Medal". Inside UNSW. University of New South Wales. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. "2018-human-rights-medal-and-awards-winners". Human Rights Awards. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020. (Link to other years from here.)
  13. "2015 Human Rights Awards winners and finalists". Australian Human Rights Commission. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  14. "2016 Human Rights Awards winners and finalists". Australian Human Rights Commission. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  15. "2017 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners". Australian Human Rights Commission. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  16. "Winners and Finalists of the 2018 Human Rights Awards". Australian Human Rights Commission. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  17. "Finalists of the 2019 Human Rights Awards". Australian Human Rights Commission (Human Rights Awards). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  18. "Konica Minolta receives top honour in the Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Awards". Recognition PR. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  19. "History and Model". STREAT. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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