Is Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world without human rights protection?

is this true??





im 13 and could somebody please explain this to me?





'Some of our human rights are protected by Australian law, but many are not - including many that people THINK are already protected. For example, we assume our right to free speech is protected by law, but it isn't - only our right to political speech is protected, nothing else.'








what about the universal decleration of human rights??








whats the difference?Is Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world without human rights protection?
Australia's constitution does not have a bill of rights so technically what many Australians consider to be ';rights'; could be removed by an act of parliament.


While Australia has signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which preserve free speech, only certain sections of both treaties have been ratified by Federal Parliament. As such neither treaty (nor even the section guaranteeing free speech) is actually Australian law.


But Australia is not alone in this. Most countries do not have an expressed bill of rights.


That said Australia with no guaranteed freedom of speech, does have very similar limitations to free speech as the USA which does have a constitutional right, eg pornography, libel, etc


Another point worth considering is that some rights (eg habeas corpus) in Australia are actually protected by common law inherited from English law.Is Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world without human rights protection?
no. the united states of america completely over values them just look at the americans fall over themselves to protect the life of Osama Bin Laden. they even invaded a nation that had nothing to do with 9-11 to aviod violating bin ladens human rights.
universal declaration, you can ignore that. It has no effect on Australia.





Australian law is what actually applies to you.
Australia is not a ';liberal democracy';. It is a ';parliamentary republic with a nominal monarch';.
Perhaps there just more honest.