Human Rights Charter

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Wrongs, Rights and Remedies: An Australian Charter?

In this essay Professor Spencer Zifcak and Alison King, argue that it is now imperative that Australia legislates comprehensively to protect human rights. The authors point out that Australia’s legal protections against human rights violations are patchy and incomplete. The Australian Constitution says almost nothing about human rights, anti-discrimination laws provide only a scant and limited shield, and the common law can be over-ridden at any time by an ordinary Act of Parliament. The essay describes many areas in which human rights have recently been infringed.

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The essays can be downloaded from the web. Hard copies also available. If interested in purchasing a hard copy send $10 together with your address to 5 St Vincent Place, Albert Park, Victoria 3206. Cheques should be made out to the Trust for Young Australians.

Pamela Curr
Campaign Co-ordinator
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre