ACR102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Community Legal Centre, Compulsory Process Clause, Police Misconduct
ACR102 – Introducing Crime and Criminal Justice
Week 10
Enforcing human rights
Framework
Individual states must enshrine protections in their own laws
The United Nations oversee a range of instruments
The Universal declaration of Human Rights 1948
Common law
The Victorian Charter of Rights and Responsibilities
Important criticisms
Often unenforced – idealistic ‘nonsense’
Stan Cohen – states of denial/techniques of neutralisation
Local human rights protectors
Federal bodies
AHRC – Australian Human Rights Commission
State bodies
VEOHRC – Victorian Equal opportunity and Human Rights Commission
IBAC – can investigate breaches of human rights by Victoria Police
The Ombudsman
Can consider whether an administrative action of a government agency is compatible
with human rights
Courts and tribunals
Non-Government Organisations
Human Rights Law Centre
Media?
An influencer (agitator) but not always protector
Right to freedom of expression?
Human rights and criminal justice
UN Course Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice held at the
Australian Institute of Criminology in 1976.
Human rights and criminal justice
The right to life, liberty, and security of the person
The right to recognition before the law and equal protection of
the law
The right to be free from arbitrary arrest and detention
The right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, and
degrading treatment or punishment
The right to be presumed innocent
A fair trial
The right to a fair trial
The right to the inadmissibility of certain evidence
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Document Summary
Individual states must enshrine protections in their own laws. The united nations oversee a range of instruments. The universal declaration of human rights 1948. The victorian charter of rights and responsibilities. Stan cohen states of denial/techniques of neutralisation. Veohrc victorian equal opportunity and human rights commission. Ibac can investigate breaches of human rights by victoria police. Can consider whether an administrative action of a government agency is compatible with human rights. An influencer (agitator) but not always protector. Un course human rights in the administration of criminal justice held at the. The right to life, liberty, and security of the person. The right to recognition before the law and equal protection of the law. The right to be free from arbitrary arrest and detention. The right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment. The right to the inadmissibility of certain evidence. The right to an impartial and independent tribunal.
