People in the ACT need to have an accessible complaints mechanism under the territory's human rights legislation, a move that would mean the territory again led the way on rights law, the Human Rights Law Centre has said.
In a submission to a Legislative Assembly inquiry into the Human Rights Act and its complaint powers, the centre said the territory's once nation-leading laws needed to be updated.
The inquiry was prompted by an Assembly petition calling for an overhaul to the complaints mechanism, which currently prevents the Supreme Court from awarding compensation if complaints are upheld.
