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History [ edit ]
The Human Rights Awards were established in 1987 by the then Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) "to recognise the contributions of individuals across the nation who made it their life's mission to champion human rights, social justice, and equality for all". The award began as an event to recognise human rights in film, television and literature, but as of 2021[update] [1]
In 2020, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia , instead of the awards ceremony, ten "Human Rights Heroes" were recognised as finalists, including the Torres Strait 8 and Corey Tutt .[2] [3]
Past categories [ edit ]
In 1990 categories included:[4]
Drama Award
Prose Award
Film Award
Songwriting Award
Television Drama Award
Television Documentary Award
Radio Documentary/ Current Affairs Award
Metropolitan Newspapers Award
Regional Newspapers Award
Magazines Award
The Literature Award, Print and Online Media Award, Radio Award, and Television Awards were discontinued in 2015.[citation needed
In 2018 the categories included:[5]
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 (created 2018[6]
Description [ edit ]
As of 2021[update] [1]
Human Rights Medal
Young People's Medal (for under-25s)
Community Human Rights Champion
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:[1]
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 a lawful resident of Australia.[1]
The awards are usually bestowed by the AHRC on Human Rights Day (10 December) each year, with a ceremony prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and announced online since then.[7]
Human Rights Medal [ edit ]
Recipients include:[8]
1988 - Reverend Dorothy McMahon
1989 - Reverend Robert Ridley
1990 - Professor Fred Hollows AC
1991 - Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG [9] [10]
1992 - Eddie Mabo - Reverend Dave Passi - Sam Passi - James Rice - Celuia Mapo Salee - Barbara Hocking
1993 - No Medal
1994 - Dr. Roberta Sykes
1995 - Justice Elizabeth Evatt AC
1996 - Rebecca Peters - Robert Riley
1997 - Dr. Faith Bandler AM
1998 - Vivi Germanos-Koutsounadis
1999 - Helen Bayes
2000 - Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH
2001 - Dr. Arnold "Puggy" Hunter
2002 - Michael Raper
2003 - Marion Le
2004 - Dick Estens - Deborah Kilroy
2005 - Kevin Cocks
2006 - Phillip Adams AO Father Chris Riley AM
2007 - Jeremy Jones AM
2008 - Les Malezer
2009 - Stephen Keim SC
2010 - Thérèse Rein
2011 - Ron Merkel QC [11]
2012 - Ian Thorpe OAM
2013 - Sister Clare Condon [12]
2014 - Dorothy Hoddinott AO
2015 - Peter Greste
2016 - Pat Anderson AO
2017 - Johnathan Thurston [13]
2018 - Justice Peter McClellan AM - Chrissie Foster [14]
2019 - Rosemary Kayess [15] [16]
2020 - No Medal
2021 - Larissa Behrendt AO [17]
2022 - Mahboba Rawi and Nawid Cina [18]
2023 – Juliana Nkrumah AM [19]
Young People’s Human Rights Medal [ edit ]
Recipients include:[8]
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[15] [16] [20]
2020 - No Medal
2021 - Chanel Contos [21]
2022 - Caroline Cecile Fletcher[18]
Named to honour Tony Fitzgerald AC QC [22]
2012 Pat Anderson
2013 Carolyn Frohmader
2014 Damian Griffis
2015 Ludo McFerran
2016 Jane Rosengrave
2017 Barbara Elizabeth Spriggs
2018 Catia Malaquias
2019 Jasmine Cavanagh[15] [16]
Racism. It Stops With Me Award [ edit ]
Finalists and recipients have been:
2015 Tasmanian Students Against Racism (Winner), Football Federation Victoria , Multicultural Development Association, All Together Now[23]
2016 National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council (Winner), Welcome to Australia, Beyondblue , All Together Now, Fadzi Whande, Hobsons Bay City Council [24]
2017 Cohealth Arts Generator Sisters and Brothers Program (Winner), Clinton Pryor, Sean Gordon, ActNow Theatre and Reconciliation SA (joint), Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra and Why Documentaries (joint)[25]
2018 Nyadol Nyuon (winner), Mariam Veiszadeh , Welcoming Cities, E-Raced, ActNow Theatre and Reconciliation SA (joint)[26]
2019 The Final Quarter Shark Island Productions (winner)[27] [16]
Business Award [ edit ]
Law Award [ edit ]
Government Award [ edit ]
2019: Just Reinvest NSW[16]
2022: Andrea Comastri [18]
Media Award [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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^ "Human Rights Medal and Awards 1990 Winners" . Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2021 .
^ a b "2018 Winners" . Human Rights Awards . 16 October 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020 .
^ "Government finalists named for human rights awards" . The Mandarin . 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ "Commission announces 2021 Human Rights Awards finalists" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 24 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ a b "2016-human-rights-medal-and-awards-winners" . Human Rights Awards . 4 November 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ "Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 24 November 1991. Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ "1991 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 24 November 1991. Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ "Leading Australians recognised in Australia's annual Human Rights Awards" . Alternative Law Journal . Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ "2013 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners" . Human Rights Awards . 9 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ Sanda, Dominica (8 December 2017). "NRL star Johnathan Thurston wins human rights award in eventful ceremony" . Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2017 .
^ "Winners announced - 2018 Human Rights Awards" . AHRC. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019 .
^ a b c "Human Rights Awards 2019" . Anti-Discrimination NSW . Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Rosemary Kayess wins 2019 Human Rights Medal" . Mirage News . 13 December 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ "2021 Human Rights Award winners announced" . Australian Human Rights Commission . Retrieved 18 September 2022 .
^ a b c d "UNSW Scientia Professor Jane McAdam was given the Law Award at the 2022 Human Rights Awards" . University of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 December 2022 .
^ "2023 Australian Human Rights Awards" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 29 August 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024 .
^ "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 .
^ "2021 Human Rights Award winners announced" . Australian Human Rights Commission . Retrieved 18 September 2022 .
^ "2018-human-rights-medal-and-awards-winners" . Human Rights Awards . 16 October 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020 .
^ "2015 Human Rights Awards winners and finalists" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2019 .
^ "2016 Human Rights Awards winners and finalists" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019 .
^ "2017 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 17 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019 .
^ "Winners and Finalists of the 2018 Human Rights Awards" . Australian Human Rights Commission . 16 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019 .
^ "Finalists of the 2019 Human Rights Awards" . Australian Human Rights Commission (Human Rights Awards) . 16 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020 .
^ "Konica Minolta receives top honour in the Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Awards" . Recognition PR . 19 December 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ "History and Model" . STREAT . Retrieved 24 July 2020 .
^ "See What You Made Me Do wins 2020 Stella Prize" . Black Inc . 14 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020 .
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