1.1 c) Recognition of HR: Universal Suffrage

Question 1

What is a fundamental right of citizenship?

Answer 1

The right to vote and to organise a political party

Question 2

for which class was suffrage initially limited to and when?

Answer 2

The ruling elite in 1843 (for land owners)

Question 3

When did women get the right to vote federally in Australia?

Answer 3

in 1902

Question 4

Between what years could women vote in different states in Australia?

Answer 4

Between 1894 and 1908

Question 5

When did women get the right to vote in the UK?

Answer 5

1928

Question 6

When did ATSI people get the right to vote?

Answer 6

1962

Question 7

1962

Answer 7

ATSI people got the right to vote

Question 8

When did ALL adult South Africans get the right to vote?

Answer 8

In 1994 when apartheid ended

Question 9

What has grown significantly since 1960

Answer 9

the number of democracies world wide has expanded significantly, however they aren’t all perfect.

Question 10

as well as Robert Mugabe’s ‘democratic’ party in Zimbabwe, what democracy shows that many democracy in many nations is far from perfect?

Answer 10

Accusations of vote rigging in Russia’s election and the pressuring of public servants and student to vote for Putin’s party.

Question 11

How is democracy restricted in Russia?

Answer 11

It has control over most media in Russia.

Question 12

What amendment impacted on suffrage in 2006?

Answer 12

Amendment to the Electoral Act banned all prisoners from voting

Question 13

What was the jasmine revolution

Answer 13

an outbreak of demonstrations in the Arab world in countries that aren’t/weren’t effective demoncracies

Question 14

Where did jasmine revolution start?

Answer 14

Tunisia (after a man burnt himself when his case wasn’t heard by the general, following the arbitrary seizing of his goods by police)

Question 15

What happened after President Mubarak stood down?

Answer 15

, then referendum held limiting time a president could spend in office and removed restrictions on forming political parties

Question 16

What happened a year into Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood taking office?

Answer 16

Widespread demonstrations led to Military chief overthrowing Morsi. There was a crackdown on Morsi’s supporters and many were killed and detained

Question 17

What was the most brutal crackdown of a country during the Jasmine revolution?

Answer 17

Gaddafhi using anti-aircraft guns to shoot his own protesting civilians in Libya.

Question 18

Where have demonstrations taken place for democratic change also taken place?

Answer 18

Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan

Question 19

What was the result of the recent referendum in Turkey?

Answer 19

President Erdogan was given heaps of new powers, scrapping the parliamentary system.

Question 20

What did critics say about Erdogan’s new powers

Answer 20

“It will entrench one man rule and a de facto dictatorship” (2017 SMH: What Erdogan’s narrow referendum victory means for Turkey)

Question 21

What did Erdogan say his new powers would prevent?

Answer 21

It would prevent a military coup, like the many attempted ones it has experienced over the years.

Question 22

What UN article in the UNDHR protects the right to vote?

Answer 22

Article 21 (3)

Question 23

How many democracies are there today?

Answer 23

According to Freedom House’s 2012 survey: 116.

Question 24

How many people live in countries that lack basic political and civil freedom?

Answer 24

2.3 billion people, about half of these from China

Question 25

How many countries that lack basic political and civil freedom?

Answer 25

47

Question 26

What was one of the motivations for granting Aboriginal people the right to vote?

Answer 26

Granting Aboriginal people the right to vote in the 1962 so Australia be said to have universal suffrage.

Question 27

Why is universal suffrage important?

Answer 27

everyone should have the right to vote for their political leaders, regardless of status, gender, race, beliefs, etc. This promotes equality and democracy

Question 28

What did granting women the right to vote do?

Answer 28

removed the political distinction between the genders, and was a major step towards recognising universal human rights.

Question 29

How extensive are the number of democracies today?

Answer 29

2/3 of world now have a democracy. But, China is a communist nation and one of the most increasingly powerful and populated nations.

Question 30

Should voting be compulsory? Is it a violation of HR?

Answer 30

Challenging issue as everyone should participate in democracy, but should the actual process be compulsory?

Question 31

How effective have international legal and non-legal responses been in advancing the right to vote globally?

Answer 31

Whilst domestic nations have independence in the courts/parliament, developing nations may often not have the same separation of powers, hence there is a degree of control between the defence, courts and the ruling, making it harder to achieve alternative views. Often the courts reinforce decisions made by the president, thus they are only very partially effective.

Question 32

What did the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962?

Answer 32

Recognised the right of ATSI peoples to vote