Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• came into effect in 1948

• is an aspirational document

• lists fundamental human rights that are universal

• all answers are correct

The AHRC deals with the following types of discrimination

• age

• disability

• sex

• racial

The Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act was approved as federal legislation in (which year)?

The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 is

• Commonwealth legislation

• Queensland legislation

• British legislation

• international law

The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 provides guidelines about when it is against the law to discriminate based on race including:

• housing

• provision of goods and services

• employment

• no answers are correct

The Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) was passed through parliament in

• 1988

• 1999

• 1975

• 1984

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 allows people discriminated against due to their disability to

• lodge a complaint with the AHRC

• apply to the Federal Court of Australia to hear the case

• compensation paid by the government

• to lodge a complaint with the AHRC and/or to apply to the Federal Court of Australia to hear the case

Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 seeks to protect people from discrimination on the basis of these attributes:

• age

• sex

• pregnancy

• relationship status

This important historical document was created in 1215 and is often seen as the cornerstone of human rights in the English-speaking world.

The United Nations is a

• NGO

• IGO

• CGO