Reference no: EM133018097
Question: Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of sex, race, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, age, disability, or any other status.
For this assessment task, you are required to write an essay (1000 -1200 words) that is based on one of the following groups who, at various times and in various contexts, have not had their human rights protected or promoted:
- Culturally and linguistically diverse people
- A specific religious group
- Prisoners
- Elderly
- LGBTI people
In your essay, you are required to review, analyse and draw from relevant human rights documents (listed below) and from current evidence to explain:
- The obligations of governments to promote and protect the human rights and freedoms of your chosen group (i.e., the obligations of governments to act in certain ways or refrain from certain acts).
- The ways in which Australian government(s) have not and/or do not meet specific obligations under specific conventions/articles to promote and protect the human rights and freedoms of your chosen group. Examples can be based on past and/or present legislation, policies and practices.
- The ways in which Australian government(s) do meet their obligations under specific conventions/articles to promote and protect the human rights and freedoms of your chosen group. Examples should be based on up to date legislation, policies and practices.
Refer to the Australian Human Rights Commission website found at httos://humanrights.gov.au/about/what-are-human-rights to access the following:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment