A Uniting Church Response to Human Rights Legislation

Assembly Standing Committee, Uniting Church in Australia, March 2008


It was resolved to:

 

08.24.01  communicate to the Commonwealth Government its support for a national human rights charter that is born from widespread and effective community and stakeholder consultation; 
    
08.24.02  call on the Australian Government to develop a national human rights charter which 
    
08.24.03  a) implements Australia’s commitment to human rights outlined in
- the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
- the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and
- the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
    
   b) holds public institutions and officials accountable for upholding and promoting human rights in the creation and administration of public policy and practice;
    
   c) takes account of Indigenous Australians as the first peoples of this land and the long history of rights being denied to them; and 
    
   d) is supported and policed by properly funded, independent mechanisms; and  
    
08.24.04  affirm support for relevant campaigns for a national human rights charter with these aims.