Final Report

The final report of the consultation committee can be downloaded in PDF format. This document is 3,711 kb and may take some time to download depending on the speed of your internet connection.

• Consultation Committee for a Proposed Human Rights Act - Final Report, November 2007 (PDF full report 3,711 kb)

Alternatively, you can download the individual chapters and appendices below:

• Table of Contents, Acknowledgments
  
• Summary of Report and Recommendations
  
• Glossary
  
• Chapter 1: Introduction
  
• Chapter 2: Overview of the consultation process
  
• Chapter 3: Should Western Australia have a Human Rights Act?
  
• Chapter 4: What rights should be protected in a WA Human Rights Act?
  
• Chapter 5: What form should a WA Human Rights Act take?
  
• Chapter 6: How should a WA Human Rights Act protect human rights?
  
• Chapter 7: Who should have to comply with a Human Rights Act?
  
• Chapter 8: What should happen if a person's human rights are breached?
  
• Chapter 9: Implementing a WA Human Rights Act and promoting a culture of human rights
  
• Appendix A - Statement of intent
  
• Appendix B - The Draft Bill
  
• Appendix C - Consultation meetings and forums
  
• Appendix D - List of people, organisations and agencies who made submissions
  
• Appendix E - Flashpoll Assessment of Community Support for Human Rights Legislation, Patterson Market Research, August 2007
  
• Appendix F - Human Rights 'At the Margins', Human Rights Solutions, August 2007
  
• Appendix G - Draft Preamble
  

Some of the submissions to the consultation committee can also be downloaded from the Submissions page.

The Human Rights web site will be disbanded on 30 June 2008, after which the final report will be available from the Department of the Attorney General's web site at www.justice.wa.gov.au