Human Rights Brief (1999 - 2001)
This series was an occasional publication of the Australian Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Brief provides legal practitioners, community advocates and others with guidance on the content and scope of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Australia and their use in Australian law. Each number will cover a specific topic.
- Brief
No. 1 'The Best Interests of the Child' - March 1999 - details the
meaning of the principle in the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child that the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration
- and sometimes paramount - in all actions concerning children.
- Practitioner
checklist - best interests of the child
- Brief
No. 2 'Sentencing Juvenile Offenders' - June 1999 - sets out the
11 principles governing the sentencing of juvenile offenders which are
set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Practitioner checklist - sentencing - Brief
No. 3 'Freedom of Religion and Belief' - October 1999 - outlines
Australia's international human rights obligations in relation to freedom
of religion and belief. It defines the scope of these obligations and
explains how they are to be applied in practice. It also includes some
brief information about Australian laws relating to freedom of religion
and belief. The Commission has detailed these obligations and evaluated
the extent to which Australia has implemented them in Article 18:
Freedom of Religion and Belief (1998).
- Brief
No. 4 Lawful Limits on Fundamental Freedoms - April 2001 - outlines
the way in which a government can justify limiting fundamental freedoms;
freedom of expression; peaceful assembly; association, movement and
religious practice.
Practitioner checklist - Lawful Limits on Fundamental Freedoms
- Brief
No.5 'Best practice principles for the diversion of juvenile offenders' - 2001
Practitioner checklist - Best practice principles for the diversion of juvenile offenders
