Human Rights Knowledge Quiz
Human Rights Knowledge Quiz
Test your understanding of human rights and their protections through international agreements in this engaging quiz. Assess your knowledge on various topics, including the role of NGOs, asylum rights, and the significance of UN recommendations.
Check your insights with questions such as:
- What are the roles of non-government organisations?
- What rights can individuals seek under international law?
- How can Australia improve its human rights protections?
Which of the following is a role of non-government organisations?
Enforce new human rights agreements
Prosecute breaches of human rights in the courts
Provide assistance to victims of human rights abuses
Enact legislation to reflect international human rights agreements.
The right to seek asylum is a
Civil and political right
Peace and security right
Economic and social right
Religious and cultural right
Which of the following is an argument against having a Charter of Rights in Australia?
It may encourage human rights violations
Statute law currently protects human rights
It gives the United Nations more power to monitor human rights
Citizens may demonstrate increased respect for human rights
Why are environmental and peace rights important
They are recently recognised human rights
They allow other human rights to be protected
They are stated in the United Nations Charter
They allow the recognition of state sovereignty
Which of the following is NOT a basic feature of human rights?
They are universal
They are enforceable
They are inherent
They are inalienable
An Australian citizen is unable to achieve a remedy in the Australian court system. The United Nations Human Rights Council agrees to hear the case and recommends a remedy. Which of the following statements regarding the recommendation is correct?
It will be binding on an Australian court
It will become an international legal precedent
The Australian government must follow the recommendation
It will place pressure on the Australian government to act
A group of people living within a nation state wants to exercise its collective right to influence legal decisions about the land on which they live. What is this an example of?
Peace rights
Environmental rights
Self-determination
Limitations on free speech
Why is the ratification of international agreements important in protecting human rights in Australia?
It allows domestic laws to incorporate protections
It incorporates protections directly into domestic law
It allows the High Court to enforce Australia’s Constitution
It allows non-government organisations to provide legal remedies
Can the High Court of Australia establish enforceable human rights?
Yes. Constitutional interpretation permits this
Yes. The Constitution expressly authorises this
No. The division of powers does not allow this
No. The separation of powers does not permit this
Human rights in Australia are best protected when they are
Promoted by the media
Incorporated into domestic laws
Included in the Charter of Rights
monitored by the United Nations
Which of the following is an example of an intergovernmental organisation?
Red Cross
United Nations
Australian Human Rights Commission
Amnesty International
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is an example of
A statute law
A constitutional law
A formal statement of human rights
An international customary law
The Australian Government provides a report to a United Nations committee under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. What is this an example of?
Exercising state sovereignty
Cooperating with a non-governmental organisation
Complying with an order from an international tribunal
Recognising the power of an independent statutory authority
The Australian Government accuses the leader of another country of committing genocide. Where could the matter be heard and a punishment determined?
High Court of Australia
International Criminal Court
International Court of Justice
United Nations Security Council
Which of the following best describes the relationship between the criminal trial process in NSW and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
The criminal trial process is consistent with the principles of the UDHR
The criminal trial process is required by the Australian Government to comply with the UDHR
The UDHR is incorporated into the laws that determine the criminal trial process
The UDHR provides a remedy to a convicted person who considers their conviction unfair
Which of the following describes the fundamental principles of human rights?
Universal and alienable
Universal and inalienable
Guaranteed and inalienable
Guaranteed and alienable
Aberia is a colony of Belinia. Aberia wants to form an independent nation. This situation is an example of which type of right?
Collective
Environmental
Peace
Positive
Human rights are best protected in Australia when they are
Subject to media attention
incorporated into legislation
incorporated into the common law
Supported by non-government organisations
The role of the International Court of Justice is to hear
the most serious international crimes
Disputes between nation states and issue advice
Cases involving human rights abuses brought by non-member states
Cases involving human rights abuses brought by individuals
Which of the following best explains state sovereignty?
A head of state can make all laws
A head of state can enter into international treaties
Nation states are in control of their own domestic affairs
Nation states can intervene to protect human rights in other nations
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