HUM100 - Engaging in Humanities

1. Critically examine and discuss two ways in which Human Rights in everyday practice can be protected and maintained in Australia. Linda Wade Engaging in the Humanities HUM100

2. Thesis Statement As Australians we can practice tolerance & understanding in our everyday lives to protect and maintain the rights of all.

3. Definition “The basic rights or freedoms to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law.” (Princeton University 2010)

4. History Aristotle wrote of the Rights of Citizens (Aristotle 384 – 322 BC) (Bagaric 2008)

5. History

6. What are our Rights? Five Categories of Human Rights

7. Civil & Political Protection from discrimination Individual rights Natural justice in law Rights of participation

8. Economic, Social & Cultural Education Housing Health

9. What do we have in Australia? Universal Declaration of Human Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (AHRC n.d.)

10. Examples Indigenous Australian Asylum Seekers Homeless

11. What can we do? Practice tolerance & understanding Tolerance - a willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others Understanding - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination (Princeton University 2010)

12. Moving Forward Through tolerance comes understanding Through understanding comes empathy

13. Conclusion “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” (United Nations 1948)

14. Reference List AHRC. Australian Human Rights Commission.n.d. http://www.hreoc.gov.au/letstalkaboutrights/guide_young_people.html (accessed Jan 23, 2011). Bagaric, Dr Mirko. "So Which Rights are Real?" Original Law Review, 2008: 74. CCPollen.com. Aristotle.gif Dratz, Eva M. "Understanding Human Rights: A Function of Teacher Education." Journal of Teacher Education, 1958: 12-16. Princeton University. WordNet Search. Dec 20, 2010. wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn (accessed Jan 26, 2011). United Nations. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dec 10, 1948. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a1 (accessed Jan 26, 2011). Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Jan 22, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights (accessed Jan 23, 2011).