Write an essay that addresses the following question:
In the words of former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour: ‘The obligation to respect and enforce human rights rests on states’.
• Explain how international human rights are implemented within Australian law. Describe the human rights protections available to Australians at both the domestic and international levels (consider these resources).
Human Right Explained – Fact sheets – Complaints https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/education/human-rights-explained-case-studies-complaints-about-australia-human-rights
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00030
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018C00125
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) 60CA – Child’s best interest paramount consideration in making a parenting order https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00182
United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights https://www.ohchr.org/en/ohchr_homepage
• Discuss two international treaties and outline and discuss how each of them have shaped government policy and Australian law within the context of human services (Select any two)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966. https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966. https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-economic-social-and-cultural-rights
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
United Nations Charter, 1945. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter
United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime, 2000 https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized-crime/intro/UNTOC.html
UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/illicit-trafficking-of-cultural-property/1970-convention/
UNESCO World Heritage https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/un-declaration-rights-indigenous-peoples-1
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child
UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979 https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-elimination-all-forms-discrimination-against-women
