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Human rights

Learn about Queensland’s Human Rights Act. Use the guides to help you apply human rights in your work and find resources to raise   human rights awareness in your workplace.

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Email the Department of Justice and Attorney-General’s Human Rights Unit at humanrightsunit@justice.qld.gov.au for questions, advice, and more information about how to apply human rights to your work.

Human rights and your work

Learn how to apply the Human Rights Act to your work and meet your obligations.

Understand human rights

Get to know human rights in Queensland, their importance to employees, and why we have a Human Rights Act.

Consider human rights before making a decision

Use this decision tree to consider how human rights might be affected by an act or decision.

Building a culture of human rights

Learn more about how the public sector is building a culture that respects, protects and promotes human rights.

Human rights resources

Find resources for training and raising awareness of the Human Rights Act 2019.

Human rights complaints

Learn how to manage human rights complaints.

Human rights certificates and compatibility statements

Find examples and templates of human rights certificates, and statements of compatibility.