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	Human rights in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Australia was one of the first jurisdictions in the world to grant women suffrage, when it allowed women to vote and to stand for Parliament in 1894.
		The White Australia policy, the policy of excluding all non-white people from the Australian continent, was the official policy of all governments and all mainstream political parties in Australia from the 1890s to the 1950s, and elements of the policy survived until the 1970s.
		Gay rights in Australia are similar to several similar democracies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_rights_in_Australia (2122 words)

	Human rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction or other localizing factors, such as ethnicity and nationality.
		The term "human rights" has replaced the term "natural rights" in popularity, because the rights are less and less frequently seen as requiring natural law for their existence.
		Human rights have historically arisen from the need to protect citizens from abuse by the state and this might suggest that all mankind has a duty to intervene and protect people wherever they are.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_rights (3462 words)

	Human rights in Australia: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Australia, officially the commonwealth of australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest...
		Human rights are the standards of behavior as accepted within legal systems concerning 1) what is essential to human survival, 2) integrity and autonomy of the person,...
		A bill of rights is a statement of certain rights that citizens and/or residents of a free and democratic society have (or ought to have) under...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/human_rights_in_australia.htm (1910 words)

	eMJA: Health, human rights and Australia’s foreign policies
		Australia has ratified all international human rights law instruments in which the right to health is enshrined, and so is obliged to ensure that its foreign policy, including its development assistance program, contributes towards the progressive realisation of the right to health.
		Human rights are considered to be guaranteed by human rights law, which protects individuals and groups against actions that interfere with their fundamental freedoms and human dignity.
		Human rights are not a matter of state discretion — the domestic and foreign policies of a state need to reflect the human rights treaties it has ratified.
	www.mja.com.au /public/issues/180_04_160204/rei10895_fm.html (2574 words)

	Australia Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Australia is a longstanding constitutional democracy with a federal parliamentary form of government in which citizens periodically choose their representatives in free and fair multiparty elections.
		Human rights observers noted that socioeconomic conditions gave rise to the common precursors of indigenous crime, such as unemployment, homelessness, and boredom.
		Human rights groups and indigenous people alleged a pattern of mistreatment and arbitrary arrests occurring against a backdrop of systematic discrimination; these statements were based on anecdotal information and lacked statistical confirmation.
	www.multied.com /nationbynation/Australia/Human.html (11125 words)

	Human Rights
		Examples of human rights are the right to freedom of religion, the right to a fair trial when charged with a crime, the right not to be tortured, and the right to engage in political activity.
		A human right can exist as a shared norm of actual human moralities, as a justified moral norm supported by strong reasons, as a legal right at the national level (here it might be referred to as a "civil" or "constitutional" right), or as a legal right within international law.
		Rawls says that human rights "specify limits to a regime's internal autonomy" and that "their fulfillment is sufficient to exclude justified and forceful intervention by other peoples, for example, by diplomatic and economic sanctions, or in grave cases by military force" (Rawls 1999, 79-80).
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/rights-human (11719 words)

	Australia
		Human rights organizations, refugee advocacy groups, and opposition politicians continued to express concern about the impact of prolonged mandatory detention on the health and psychological well‑being of asylum seekers.
		In 2003, a church human rights and refugee advocacy group released an interim report on both voluntary and involuntary returnees; it stated that many had disappeared or died in their home country.
		Human rights observers noted that socioeconomic conditions gave rise to the common precursors of indigenous crime, including unemployment, homelessness, and boredom.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41635.htm (9239 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Asia : Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Australia should provide strong leadership to restore the credibility of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Human Rights Watch said today when the country was elected to chair the Commission's next annual session, which begins March 15.
		Human Rights Watch found that many asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran were still at risk in the countries through which they passed - such as Jordan or Indonesia - and were unable to access the offices of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or foreign embassies to apply for resettlement.
		Australia is trying to export policies that violate the rights of refugees, Human Rights Watch said today in a new briefing paper titled "Not for Export." The paper's release marks the one-year anniversary of Australia's controversial asylum legislation, passed on September 26, 2001.
	www.hrw.org /asia/australia.php (1110 words)

	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website: Asylum Seekers
		Human Rights violations in the Perth Immigration Detention Centre
		Human Rights Commissioner's Report No.10 (29 June 2000) is titled Report of an Inquiry into Complaints of Acts or Practices Inconsistent With or Contrary to Human Rights in an Immigration Detention Centre.
		The Human Rights Commissioner is continuing his inquiries into many individual complaints but during the course of those investigations it became clear that the systemic nature of the issues raised warranted - indeed required - an inquiry into the whole policy and practice of detention.
	www.hreoc.gov.au /human_rights/asylum_seekers (1656 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Human rights and refugee lobby groups maintain that the Government's refugee and asylum adjudication process is applied inconsistently.
		Human rights observers claim that socioeconomic conditions give rise to the common precursors of indigenous crime, e.g., unemployment, homelessness, and boredom.
		A human rights delegation that visited Australia in March alleged a pattern of ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests occurring against a backdrop of systematic discrimination.
	www.usemb.se /human/human96/australi.html (2603 words)

	Rights Australia
		â¢ human rights are being neglected and abused;
		While international attention is directed to building a mechanism to advance human rights, we are expecting in Australia this week details of the Government's re-institution of detention camps outside Australia law for people desperate enough to seek asylum in Australia.
		Australia has dipped out of even standing for election, and the public must guess at the reasons why, as there is no statement on the Foreign Minister's website.
	www.rightsaustralia.org.au (514 words)

	Human Rights and Australia - Irene Khan
		Australia has a proud history of contribution to the international human rights regime, but that reputation is being tarnished in more recent times by its treatment of refugees, and by its reluctance to be scrutinised by the UN human rights bodies, bodies that it once helped to establish.
		Human rights are not only the means of securing an individual's rights, but are the basis for holding governments accountable to universally recognised standards of behaviour.
		Human rights are not an obstacle to building secure states or stable societies; they are actually the key to it.
	www.wussu.com /current/khan.htm (2333 words)

	Human Rights
		Human rights are rights that any person has as a human being.
		The term human rights is a relatively new one in history, yet human rights abuses and issues have been around for many centuries.
		If we want a world where human rights abuses are consigned to history, then it is up to all people, as individuals, communities and nations to be vigilant, and knowledgeable about human rights.
	www.abc.net.au /civics/rights/enter.htm (767 words)

	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website
		The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is calling for young Australians between the ages of 11 and 18 to enter the Human Writes personal essay and Rights in Perspective art competitions.
		The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission welcomes the appointment of Mr Graeme Innes AM as the new Human Rights Commissioner and acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner.
		Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) President John von Doussa QC delivered his annual Human Rights Day address at a luncheon ceremony in Sydney today where the winners of the 2005 Human Rights Medal and Awards were announced.
	www.hreoc.gov.au (1616 words)

	Australian Human Rights and Civil Rights Index
		Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies.
		Human Rights USA - Core initiative is the development and implementation of comprehensive human rights education and advocacy programs in schools and communities.
		The Mexican Human Rights Network is a volunteer project based in London, that works impartially and independently to inform and educate the public on issues of human rights in Mexico.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~victorp/vphuman.htm (1031 words)

	Human Rights & Responsibilities Australia Inc.
		The birth of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
		Australia’s involvement in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
		All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights
	www.humanrights.org.au (148 words)

	Human Rights Watch Blasts Australia; More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In a report released to mark Human Rights Day, Human Rights Watch today slammed Australia over its controversial policies on handling asylum seekers and called on the United Nations to remind the country of its responsibilities (Human Rights Watch release, Dec. 10).
		It called on Australia to resettle those detained in neighboring countries and to stop repatriating asylum seekers to countries that may not be safe, and it urged UNHCR to tell Australia the presence of its offices in transit countries "is no substitute for the protection that should be offered by states."
		Human Rights Watch added that Australian soldiers violated the rights of asylum seekers on boats Australia intercepted last October.
	www.unwire.org /UNWire/20021210/30845_story.asp (562 words)

	Human Rights Council of Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Human Rights Council of Australia Inc is a private non-government organization which promotes understanding of and respect for human rights for all persons without discrimination through adherence to the International Bill of Rights, and other human rights instruments, internationally and within Australia.
		The Human Rights Council of Australia Inc is incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (N.S.W.) and is a non-profit organization.
		The Human Rights Council of Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that depends on grants, the small income it receives from the sale of publications and fees received for conducting seminars, workshops etc. If you would like to support the work of HRCA by a donation click on
	www.hrca.org.au (512 words)

	RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: New Human Rights Chair Comes Under Fire
		The body is expected to examine and adopt a wide range of resolutions on human rights issues in specific countries and on broader thematic issues worldwide.
		Australia was nominated for this year's post by the western group of countries.
		In doing so, say human rights activists, Australia is violating the fundamental principle of non-refoulement -- the obligation not to send an asylum seeker to a country where his or her life or freedom would be threatened.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=22746 (1104 words)

	Australia: Assist Stranded Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch, 30-8-2001)
		Australia can ponder its legal obligations indefinitely, but many of these people are sick, and it's well within Australia's capacity to help out.
		Their fate has become a political football, with Australia, Indonesia, and Norway all unwilling thus far to take responsibility for their security.
		These include the interception of asylum seekers at sea, and mandatory detention for all unauthorised arrivals, including the use of solitary confinement, and restricted access to legal advice for many of those in detention.
	www.hrw.org /press/2001/08/australia-0830.htm (352 words)

	Australia Vietnam Human Rights Committee
		The Australia Vietnamese Human Rights Committee (AVHRC) is encouraged by the release of cyber dissident Nguyen Khac Toan...
		Amongst many other gross human rights transgressions by the Vietnamese Communist government this year, probably the most distressing is the violent massacre of hundreds of Christian Montagnards in the central highlands...
		She is now involved in human rights organisations in...
	www.avhrc.org (976 words)

	Human Rights In Australia; preface
		This publication provides a brief account of human rights and their operation in Australia.
		Chapter 8.1 to 8.12 is reproduced from Clarence B Carson, "The Property Basis of Rights" in The Freeman, September 1980.
		Chapter 14.2 is an extract from a talk on "Power from the People" given by Professor Lauchlan Chipman to the Australian Constitution and Common Law Defence Association on 4 November 1984 at The Civic Centre, Chatswood.
	www.users.bigpond.com /smartboard/rights/cover.htm (553 words)

	Human Rights in Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The country received a glowing human rights report from the US State Department last year.
		However, Australia is not without problems, the most pernicious of which seems to be the pervasive deaths of Aborigines when in custody by the Australian government.
		Other problems in Australia have included the imprisonment of a political activist, and the passage of anti-gay legislation.
	www.derechos.org /human-rights/ocea (169 words)

	Human Rights Council of Australia: Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In March 2003 Chris Sidoti, national spokesperson for the Human Rights Council of Australia, argued in a paper entitled “Tortured Reasoning” that the United States and its allies need to ensure they do not descend to illicit means such as torture in the so-called War on Terror.
		In a briefing paper prepared in March 2003 for the Human Rights Council of Australia, solicitor Jessica Wyndham gives a detailed analysis of the legislation in its national and international context.
		He argued that Australia has lost its pre-eminence and standing as one of the world’s leading proponents of international human rights and encouraged the students to become involved in working for human rights so that Australia might in the future return to its previous position.
	www.hrca.org.au /issues.htm (1190 words)

	11. Periodicals
		Human Rights Forum (Jakarta: Yayasan Lembaga Banthuan Hukum Indonesia (YLBHI), and Institute for Economic and Social Research, Education and Information, 1984-) (quarterly).
		Human Rights News (Rep. of Korea: National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK)).
		Human Rights Advocate (Philippines: United Church of Christ in the Phiippines (UCCP)) (quarterly).
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/bibliog/period.html (3221 words)

	Human Rights - Global Issues - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		It is only through the pursuit of practical and effective efforts to promote human rights that we show our real commitment to the welfare of individuals and society." Alexander Downer.
		Australia's combined Fourth and Fifth Reports on Implementing the United Nation's Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (pdf)
		Human Rights Small Grants Scheme provides small grants to in-country organisations (primarily non-government) for activities aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in a direct and tangible way.
	www.dfat.gov.au /hr (426 words)

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