Notes for Human Rights under HSC Legal Studies Core Part II. Written in 2020, 13 pages long these notes contributed to a Band 6 result.

  • Class Year
  • 2020
  • Grade
  • Band 6
  • Number of Pages
  • 13
  • Staff Rating
  • 5/5

These notes cover HSC Core Part II: Human Rights in detail. Following topics are included:

  • Definition of human rights
  • Developing recognition of human rights
  • Major human rights documents and their contribution to the development of human rights
    • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    • International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights
  • Role of state sovereignty in promoting and enforcing human rights
  • International responses in promoting and enforcing human rights
    • The United Nations
    • Intergovernmental Organisations
    • Non-government organisations
    • The Media
  • Incorporation of Human Rights into domestic law
  • Australian responses in promoting and enforcing human rights
    • The roles of the Constitution: division / separation of powers
    • The role of common law
    • Role of statute law
    • Role of courts and tribunals
    • NGO’s
    • The Media
    • A Charter of Rights for Australia?

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