ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Australian Human Rights Commission, Stolen Generations, Crime Prevention
Document Summary
Despite complying to multiple treaties, it doesn"t mean we follow these human rights rules when establishing our own laws and policies. Because of these gaps ^ and that we do not have our own bill of rights, we operate with a patchwork of operations in australia. Constitution offers only a weak protection of rights. Human rights are currently poorly protected within australia, particularly in terms of legislative protection and enforcement. However, there are numerous incidents that challenge this claim e. g stolen generations and current treatment of asylum seekers. However, the australian human rights commission take a lot roles to ensure that au meets its international human rights obligation. Au have a range of federal legislation that support the enjoyments of particular eights e. g. Issues of human rights can be applied to a range of criminal justice practices and institutions e. g policing and courts. Human rights frameworks also offer a different way of thinking about victimisation.
