Human Rights Reporters:
Reporting for Action!


Who Are We?

Human Rights Reporters (HRR) is an independent, non-partisan human rights initiative based in Sydney. We aim to document community experiences of human rights issues at a local level to create an evidence base for advocates, lawyers, policymakers, and researchers.
Australia is the only major democracy without a national human rights act or constitutional charter. This means that human rights have very little legal protection in Australia. Though Australia is widely known as ‘the lucky country’, it does face countless significant human rights concerns, including systemic discrimination against Indigenous people, the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, accessible housing rights, disability rights, youth justice and climate change.
Thorough reporting and consistent monitoring of these rights is key to igniting change.

Our Mission

Our purpose is to document these local human rights experiences through written reports and video documentaries. We aspire to share these pieces with hopes to raise awareness of both the broad, more common human rights violations across Sydney, as well as the rarer, more niche issues as well.

How Can You Help?

If you’ve ever experienced a human rights issue in Australia, we’d love to hear it. As part of our investigation, we have a few public surveys for those with a story to tell which you can find just below. You can also message us through social media or send us an email at humanrightsreporters@wilba.com.

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Housing Rights Survey

A survey to aid our current investigation into housing rights in Sydney.

Human Rights Survey

A general survey to aid our current and future explorations of human rights issues in Sydney.