Review of Methodologies Measuring Human Rights Implementation

This article considers the pitfalls of measuring human rights compliance, particularly in the health area. It sets out general principles designed to improve the effectiveness of existing methodologies. It then describes a new methodology for conducting human rights audits that has been piloted in the HIV/AIDS area in Australia

Review of the first year of operation of the Human Rights Act 2004

The Australin Capital Territory is the first Australian jurisdiction to have a Bill of Rights. One year after its commencement, the ACT Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner, Helen Watchirs, finds that its biggest impact has been in influencing the formulation of government policy and legislation