How to Make a Complaint

Have your human rights been violated? Do you want to make a complaint about it?

Anyone may bring a human rights violation to the attention of the United Nations and thousands of people around the world do so every year.

There are a number of places you can do this. The nature of the human rights violation will influence where you can make a complaint.

You can make a complaint to a number of entities including:

• Australian Human Rights Commission
• State or Federal Ombudsman
• Special Procedures of the United Nations
•  United Nations Treaty Body Committees
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Human Rights Council

For information on how to report back to the UN human rights system, please click here.