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Photograph by Katrin Koening, 2006.

Welcome to the Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre). The AHRCentre aims to promote public awareness and academic scholarship about domestic and international human rights standards, laws and procedures through research projects, education programs and publications.

The Centre brings together practitioners, research fellows and student interns from Australia and internationally to research, teach and debate contemporary human rights issues. The Centre also publishes the Australian Journal of Human Rights and the Human Rights Defender and hosts a number of seminars and events each year.

Recent publications

HRD Vol 21 Issue 1 2012

Talk of the rise of India and China is ubiquitous in the media, business and international politics. Decades of high economic growth, an enormous population of middle class consumers, and more assertive foreign policy in both countries spurs talk of two Asian superpowers capable of reshaping the global order.

Sample story: 
application/pdf iconHuman Rights Diplomacy and China’s Human Rights - International and Domestic Linkages

The Australian Human Rights Centre is part of UNSW Law.

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Latest news

Radio National Law Report interviews speakers of the Justice for All? conference 15/02/2012

In February 2012, the Australian Human Rights Centre, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales hosted an international conference Justice for All? The International Criminal Court - a conference: 10 year review of the ICC.