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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 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 covers a wider spectrum. Of the original categories, only the Human Rights Medal has endured.
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.




= Past categories

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In 1990 categories included:

The Literature Award, Print and Online Media Award, Radio Award, and Television Awards were discontinued in 2015.
In 2018 the categories included:




Description


As of 2021, there are three award categories:

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:

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.
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.




Human Rights Medal


Recipients include:




Young People’s Human Rights Medal


Recipients include:

2022 - Caroline Cecile Fletcher




Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award


Named to honour Tony Fitzgerald . Recipients include:




Racism. It Stops With Me Award


Finalists and recipients have been:

2015 Tasmanian Students Against Racism (Winner), Football Federation Victoria, Multicultural Development Association, All Together Now
2016 National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council (Winner), Welcome to Australia, Beyondblue, All Together Now, Fadzi Whande, Hobsons Bay City Council
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)
2018 Nyadol Nyuon (winner), Mariam Veiszadeh, Welcoming Cities, E-Raced, ActNow Theatre and Reconciliation SA (joint)
2019 The Final Quarter, documentary film by Shark Island Productions (winner)




Business Award


2018: Konica Minolta Australia, recognised for its leadership on the issue of modern slavery.
2019: STREAT




Law Award


2019: Kate Eastman
2022: Jane McAdam




Government Award


2018:
2019: Armidale Regional Council




Community Organisation Award


2018: Australian Marriage Equality
2019: Just Reinvest NSW
2022: Andrea Comastri




Media Award


2019: Jess Hill, for her non-fiction work, See What You Made Me Do, about domestic violence




References






External links


Official website

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