Devoted to human rights developments in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and internationally. The Journal adopts a broad-based multidisciplinary approach to human rights issues. It deals not only with the legal aspects of human rights but also the philosophical, historical, sociological, economic and political dimensions.

The Australian Journal of Human Rights is a publication of the Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC). Located in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, AHRC is an independent non-government organisation dedicated to encouraging multidisciplinary teaching and research in the area of human rights at the national, regional and international levels.

The Australian Journal of Human Rights was established in 1991. It is the first journal of its kind in Australia to be devoted to the publication of articles, commentary and book reviews about human rights developments in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and internationally.

• raise awareness of human rights issues in Australia and globally by providing a forum for scholarship and discussion, and
• monitor contemporary human rights developments.

  Journal articles are subject to a peer review process.

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