Human Rights
These are the basic freedoms and protections that belong to all people simply because they are human.
What are human rights?
These laws are made by Parliament and can protect human rights.
What are statutes?
This international organisation adopted the UDHR in 1948.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
Who is the main person whose story is told in the 2012 film Mabo?
Who is Eddie Koiki Mabo?
What is the name of the snowman in Frozen?
Olaf
This 1948 United Nations document sets out 30 articles outlining fundamental human rights.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
This source of law develops through decisions made by judges in cases.
What is common law?
This right allows people to follow a religion, change their religion or hold no religious beliefs.
What is freedom of religion?
What is the name of the island where Eddie Mabo grew up and which was central to the case?
What is Murray Island?
Which artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Human rights are described as universal because they belong to people regardless of this.
What are their nationality, background or other personal characteristics?
This document establishes Australia's system of government and protects certain rights through express and implied constitutional provisions.
What is the Australian Constitution?
This right allows eligible citizens to participate in choosing their representatives through elections.
What is the right to vote?
What was the name of the legal doctrine meaning “land belonging to no one” that the High Court rejected in the Mabo decision?
What is terra nullius?
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the difference between a civil and political right and an economic, social and cultural right?
Civil and political rights protect freedoms and participation in society, such as freedom of expression and the right to vote. Economic, social and cultural rights relate to living conditions and wellbeing, such as the rights to education, health and an adequate standard of living.
Unlike the US Constitution, the Australian Constitution does not contain a comprehensive list of these.
What is a Bill of Rights?
This group of Australians experienced dispossession, discriminatory policies and restrictions on rights throughout colonisation and beyond.
Who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
On what date did the High Court deliver its landmark Mabo (No. 2) decision?
What is 3 June 1992?
Which singer's real name is Stefani Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
Explain the difference between equality and equity in the context of human rights.
Equality means equal treatment or rights; equity recognises different circumstances and may require different support to achieve fairness.
Explain one way a statutory Charter of Human Rights can influence the actions of government in Victoria.
It requires public authorities to act compatibly with protected rights, subject to the Charter's provisions and limitations.
Which South African leader spent 27 years in prison for opposing apartheid before becoming the country's first Black president in 1994?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
What is the name of the 1993 Commonwealth Act passed following the Mabo decision to establish a framework for recognising and protecting native title?
What is the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)?
What is the name of the fictional town where Stranger Things is set?
Hawkins