| Description |
iii, 147 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction : the year in review / Marius Smith -- Poverty, development, business and human rights / Sarah Joseph -- Beneath the wreckage : locating human rights discourse in the response to the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina / Kirsty Nowlan -- Reform of the United Nations and human rights / Andrew Byrnes -- Human rights and mental health / Bernadette McSherry -- Reconciling "practical discrimination" with the Racial Discrimination Act (1975) / Martin Flynn -- Australia's new labour laws : an international legal perspective / Colin Fenwick -- Poverty and a Victorian Bill of Rights : a view from Canada / David Wiseman -- Notes on contributors |
| Summary |
Fairness is often an elusive goal, as is the equal application of human rights. This conference sought to highlight some of the situations in which the protection and promotion of human rights were most under siege. The presenters undertook that task in a rigorous and engaging fashion |
| Analysis |
Civil & human rights (Australia) |
| Notes |
Key papers from the conference held by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University, in December 2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Australia -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Smith, Andy, 1941-2008.
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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law.
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Conference on Human Rights ... : the Year in Review (3rd : 2005 : Melbourne)
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| ISBN |
0975244221 (paperback) |
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