SHORT RESPONSE

Question 1

what is article 3 of the UDHR

Answer 1

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Question 2

what is article 6 of the UDHR

Answer 2

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

Question 3

what is article 9 of the UDHR

Answer 3

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

Question 4

what the different types of human rights?

Answer 4

civil and political
economic, social and cultural
collective rights.

Question 5

what does clause 39 of the magna carta mean

Answer 5

No free man is to be arrested, or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any other way ruined, nor will we go against him or send against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

Question 6

what does clause 40 of the magna carta mean?

Answer 6

to no one will we sell, no one deny or delay the right to justice.

the right to representation and innocent until proven guilty.
the right to a fair trial.

Question 7

what is the magna carta?

Answer 7

• written by a group of 13th century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king.
• concerned with many practical matters and specific grievances relevant to the system under which the barons lived.
• its principles have been incorporated into the common law of many nations and embodied in such momentous documents as the United States declaration of independence and constitution, the universal declaration of human rights, and of course Australia’s own constitution.
• The magna carta lies at the heart of Australian parliamentary democracy.

Question 8

what does UDHR mean

Answer 8

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 9

what does ICCPR mean

Answer 9

International Covenant on Civil and Political rights

Question 10

what does ICESCR mean

Answer 10

International Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.

Question 11

what is the international bill of human rights?

Answer 11

outline fundamental human rights and freedoms recognized and protected worldwide. documents are the UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR.

Question 12

What are implied rights?

Answer 12

they are not clearly outlined in the Australian constitution.
- are found by reading between the lines of the constitution.
are derived from a particular definition or interpretation of keywords or phrases.
- are more flexible because they can be revised, re - examined, changed or overruled by the high court.

Question 13

what are some of the notable implied rights?

Answer 13

• the freedom of speech.
• certain democratic rights of freedom
• voting rights.

Question 14

how is the magna carta relevant today in Australia

Answer 14

The human rights, legal system, and Constitution that many Australians take for granted today have their roots in the Magna Carta.

They guided the establishment of the rule of law in the penal colony.

Question 15

what is the difference between implied and expressed rights?

Answer 15

These terms may broadly be classified as express terms (those articulated by the parties - whether in written or oral form) or implied terms (those the parties did not articulate but may be implied based on the presumed intention of the parties or by statute).

implied - not clearly written into the constitution
expressed - are written in the constitution.

Question 16

what is the ratification process

Answer 16

approval of agreement by the state.

Question 17

what are the untied nations?

Answer 17

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

Question 18

what is the role of the untied nations

Answer 18

maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.