 Jon Stanhope who served on council for A.C.T civil liberties as the president points out, that the "Human Rights Act" is ‘’one of the most important pieces of legislation’’ passed in Australia.Nevertheless, Stanhope acknowledges that ‘’the act is not an end in itself’’ but will be used to encourage norms and customs that respect Human Rights.Congruent with the former, Helen Watchirs the president of the A.C.T Human Right Commission and Gabrielle McKinnon a director on the Australian National University research project into "Human Rights Act" levy heavy criticism.