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HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
QUESTIONS
What are human rights?
| • | • Why is the concept of sovereignty central to the debate about human rights? |
| • | • How do advocates of human rights respond to objections to the idea of human rights? |
| • | • What is the International Bill of Rights and what kinds of rights does it proclaim? |
Human rights in Australian foreign policy
| • | • What steps may states take to demonstrate their human rights credentials? |
| • | • Why did the Howard government abandon Australia's traditional approach to human rights? |
| • | • Why did the Howard government's refugee policy provoke sharp criticism? |
| • | • What was the Tampa affair? What human rights issues did it raise? |
Human rights in East Asia
| • | • Why do the human rights records of some East Asian countries pose a problem for Australia? |
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Publication information:
Book title: Australia in International Politics: An Introduction to Australian Foreign Policy.
Edition: 2nd.
Contributors: Stewart Firth - Author.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin.
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W..
Publication year: 2005.
Page number: 241.
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