Human Rights Awards (Australia)

The Human Rights Awards are a series of awards for achievements in the field of human rights in Australia, bestowed by the Australian Human Rights Commission at the Human Rights Day Ceremony in December in each year.
History.
The Human Rights Awards were established in 1987 by the then Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to recognise the "contribution to Australian society of a wide variety of men and women committed to issues of human rights, social justice and equality".
Description.
The Australian Human Rights Commission receives nominations for the Human Rights Awards and Medals categories, with the choice of recipient made by an independent panel. The individual Human Rights Award and Medal is awarded only to an individual who, to be eligible, must have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights in Australia in at least one of the following areas:
In addition, the entrants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
The awards are bestowed by the AHRC at the Human Rights Day Ceremony in December in each year.
Categories.
 categories include:
The Government Award category was created in 2018, when the finalists included three state government programs and one local government program.
Discontinued categories.
The Awards are presented at the Commission’s annual Human Rights Medal and Awards ceremony.
Human Rights Medal.
Recipients include:
Young People’s Human Rights Medal.
Recipients include:
Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award.
Named to honour Tony Fitzgerald . Recipients include:
Racism. It Stops With Me Award.
Finalists and recipients have been:
Media Award.
2019: ABC Investigation into Aged Care