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9781925339581 (paperback)
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Human rights in Australia / / edited by Justin Healey.
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Thirroul, NSW:
[2018] The Spinney Press,,
©2018
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60 pages : : colour illustrations ; ; 30 cm. ;
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Issues in society
429
General Note
Includes index.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Intro; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Understanding human rights; Understanding human rights: free and equal; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Defining human rights; A brief human rights timeline; Rights and freedoms: right by right; The international bill of human rights; How states commit to human rights treaties; Promoting and protecting human rights in the UN system; Chapter 2 -- Australia's protection of human rights; Human rights in Australia; Australia and human rights treaties; Australia's international human rights obligations; Treaty body reporting.
Australia's Universal Periodic Review on human rights; Summary of Universal Periodic Review recommendations and responses; Australia fails to address serious concerns in major UN review; What Australia needs to do to fix its human rights record: Universal Periodic Review; The Universal Periodic Review and human rights progress: a case study from Australia; Australian government must re-build trust of civil society - UN human rights expert; Woefully inadequate in protecting basic universal standards of human rights; Australia's record criticised in latest global human rights report.
Australia and the protection of human rightsAustralia to face human rights scrutiny in week of UN Human Rights Council vote; Developments since Australia's fifth review under the ICCPR; Australia's Human Rights Council election comes with a challenge to improve its domestic record; UN slams Australia's human rights record; How a charter of rights could protect Australians' fundamental freedoms; Arguments for and against a national charter of rights and responsibilities; Exploring issues - worksheets and activities; Fast facts; Glossary; Web links; Index.
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Examines Australia's international and domestic human rights obligations and how they are being addressed in relation to controversial and challenging issues including asylum seeker detention, racial discrimination, free speech, indigenous advancement, juvenile incarceration, disability rights, gender equality and same-sex marriage. Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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Human rights -- Australia
Human rights -- Government policy -- Australia
Civil rights -- Australia
Civil rights
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Healey, Justin
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