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[booties4]

i need some help answering this part of the syllabus:

Human Rights and Reconciliation-

• Identify Human Rights agreements
• Resposnes- Individulas, groups, governments
• how other nations responded to these challenges
• strategies aus can adopt to adress these startegies

I cant find info anywhere..........any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[gilstar]

THE CHALLENGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
UN Declaration of Human Right 1948

• freedom of speech
• religion
• adequate food and water

Evolved human rights:

• economic, social, cultural rights
• elimination of racial discrimination
• civil and political rights
• discrimination against women
• rights of the child

[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT] Australia’s human rights are generally good. Australia argued in favour of Human Rights in 1945.
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Except:
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Treatment of refugees
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Mandatory detention of Asylum seekers
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Pacific solution of Asylum seekers
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Homeless youth
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Gender based discrimination
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Racial Discrimination
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Domestic Violence
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Limited access to Judicial System- Poverty

Role of Government

• Human rights protected in constitution, legislation and common law
• Establishment of HREOC
• Ratification of human rights instruments
• Acts passed to fulfil our obligations
• Aboriginal and Torres strait islander social Justice commissioner

Role of NGO’s

• inform people of human rights abuses
• assist governments about making improvements
• Active citizenship that all Australians can practice to become more informed about these abuses.

[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Amnesty International
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Human Rights Watch
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Medecins Sans Frontierers
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Red Cross

RECONCILIATION
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Forging new relationships with indigenous peoples
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Role of Council: recognize issues that need to be addressed for reconciliation to continue
[FONT=&quot]o[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][/FONT]Issues include:
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Recognising importance of land and sea to indigenous peoples
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Value culture
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Improve relationships
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Sharing stories
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Addressing disadvantages
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Custody issues
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Self- determination
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Establishing a document for reconciliation

Aboriginal lands rights are important because
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]religion
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]law and customs
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]some aboriginals have claimed back small areas of land

Disadvantages
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]health
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]education
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]employment

thats off someones study notes i found but it basically covers it.

 

[booties4]

Thanks heaps!

 

[topdeck]

Human Rights Agreements:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights- ensures equality before the law, freedom of speech right to an education etc. Developed by the United Nations in 1948.

Response of the Government to Human Rights Challenges:
generally the government has responded well, ensuring freedom of speech, the right to vote etc, through legislation. They also promote human rights through the United Nations, treaties, conventions and institution building.

Response of Groups:
United Nations- develops treaties, gives aid, works through its organisations such as WHO.
Amnesty International- fights to protect human rights, protests, obbies the government to change policies in relation to assylum seekers.

Individuals:
This one i'm not so sure about....you could mention specific individuals like eddie mabo or something, or perhaps say that indioviduals take part in protests, sign petitions etc. Not really sure....

Other nations:
In Canada, the governent developed an offical document recognizing the need for reconciliation with the first nations people. They introduced education programs into schools, developed indigenous employment schemes etc. All aimed at reducing inequalities between the indigenous peoples and no-indogenous.

As far as strategies for reconciliation, gilstar has listed them all. u would just need to expand on them a bit.