• undertake and facilitate interdisciplinary research projects
with a particular focus on economic, social and cultural rights
• develop human rights educational initiatives by hosting workshops,
seminars and conferences, co-ordinating interdisciplinary human rights
teaching and internship programs and providing a forum for domestic
and international scholarship and debate on contemporary human rights
issues
• provide accessible information on significant human rights
developments in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and internationally,
facilitate access to online human rights resources via the AHRC website
and publish the Australian Journal of Human Rights, the Human Rights
Defender and occasional papers and publications.
