The ACT Government wants to allow people to take human rights complaints to the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) for a legally binding decision. A discussion paper outlined options the government is considering for the design of this ACAT pathway.
Reforming the Human Rights Act to include an ACAT pathway for complaints aims to:
- give a low-cost and accessible option for people to resolve their complaints
- allow for legally binding orders to be made by ACAT in response to human rights complaints
- be more consistent with how other complaints are dealt with, such as discrimination complaints
- give ACT residents a pathway to reasonably enforce their human rights.
See below for the ACT Shelter submission.
The next step – The Government will publish a consultation report summarising the feedback received on this page once it is available.