Chapter 15 Human Rights and how to protect them

Question 1

Human rights are ________ claims to certain freedoms and to certain entitlements

Answer 1

universal

Question 2

The term for those who think that the public sphere of governance should be as small as possible

Answer 2

liberals

Question 3

The right to life, liberty and happiness can be categorised as ___________ rights

Answer 3

negative

Question 4

Liberals (those who believe in liberalsim) believe in _________ government

Answer 4

limited

Question 5

The right to education and health are examples of _________ rights

Answer 5

positive

Question 6

__________ generation, or ‘positive rights’, emerged in the ______ century

Answer 6

Second, 20th

Question 7

Apart from civil rights, identify three other classifications of human rights

Answer 7

political, economic, social, cultural and legal

Question 8

All rights have four key characteristics and must all be included

Answer 8

universal, interdependent, indivisible, inalienable

Question 9

‘Superior’ law, is also referred to as ________ law

Answer 9

constitutional

Question 10

Rights which may be discovered by a judge in a Constitution

Answer 10

implied

Question 11

When judges have the final say on law, this is referred to as ‘judicial __________ ‘

Answer 11

supremacism

Question 12

The most flexible rights protection are ______ ______ rights

Answer 12

common law

Question 13

The vulnerability of common law rights to ________ is its greatest disadvantage

Answer 13

parliament

Question 14

International law has _____ force, but no legal force

Answer 14

moral

Question 15

Name the UN body dedicated to human rights

Answer 15

UNHRC

Question 16

Name the UN agency focused on the rights of those fleeing persecution and seeking refuge

Answer 16

UNHCR

Question 17

The most important agreement of the UN negotiated on human rights

Answer 17

UDHR

Question 18

Name the Australian statute which gives effect to ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination

Answer 18

Racial Discrimination Act 1975

Question 19

A bill of rights can be based on either of two principles. Name them.

Answer 19

parliamentarianism OR judicial supremacism

Question 20

The form of parliamentarianism evident in the Victorian, ACT and New Zealand statutory bills of rights

Answer 20

constrained