Human Rights Knowledge Quiz

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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?

20 Questions5 MinutesCreated by ThinkingTree947

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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