Nominations open for Australian Human Rights Awards 2025

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Deadline: 18-Aug-25

The Australian Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for the Australian Human Rights Awards.

The Awards honour and celebrate diverse human rights heroes and significant achievements in protecting and promoting human rights in Australia.

To be eligible for nomination, entrants 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 harmony between people of different race, sex, sexuality, age or ethnic origin within Australia
- enhancing the rights of Indigenous people
- promoting equal opportunity for people with a disability in Australia, or increasing awareness of issues of injustice or inequality in Australia.

Nominees must be an Australian citizen or have resident status and be living in Australia or be an organisation or association that is registered in Australia.
They accept self-nominations.
Unsuccessful nominations may be re-nominated in subsequent years.
Category criteria
- People and organisations can be nominated in multiple categories.
- Nominations for people aged 25 years or under (as of 31 August in the Awards year) will be considered for the Young People’s Award
- Eligibility is dependent on the award category and may be open to businesses, groups, organisations and/or individuals.

Nominees cannot be:
- an employee of the Australian Human Rights Commission
- an employee of a direct supplier of commercial products or services to the Australian Human Rights Commission
- a member of the 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards judging panels
- a partner organisation or an employee of a partner organisation of the 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards.