Summary: The Human Rights Awards are held every year in conjunction with World Human Rights Day, which is on 10 December. This year, the winners of the ten Award categories will be announced at the Sydney Wentworth Sofitel Hotel on Friday 9 December. Nominations close on Friday September 9 at 5pm (http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/index.html). In this instalment of PodRights, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes is joined by last year’s winner of the prestigious Young People’s Human Rights Medal, Jack Manning Bancroft. Jack talks about being nominated for the medal and the positive implications it has had in his work.
