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Rights and Freedoms
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The following overview of rights and freedoms draws on material prepared by the Attorney-General’s Department in consultation with the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ. 

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  • Civil and Political Rights
    •  (ICCPR Article 1) 
    • (ICCPR Article 2.1, 26; ICESCR Article 2.1; CERD; CEDAW; CAT; CROC; CRPD) 
    •  (ICCPR Articles 2.1, 13) 
    • (ICCPR Article 2.2; ICESCR Article 2.1; CERD; CEDAW; CAT; CROC; CRPD) 
    • (ICCPR Article 2.3) 
    • (ICCPR Article 3; ICESCR Article 3; CEDAW) 
    • (ICCPR Article 4) 
    • (ICCPR Article 5; ICESCR Article 5) 
    • (ICCPR Article 6)
    • (ICCPR Article 7; CAT)
    • (ICCPR Article 8)
    • (ICCPR Article 9)
    • (ICCPR Article 10)
    • (ICCPR Article 11)
    • (ICCPR Article 12) 
    • (ICCPR Article 14.1) 
    • (ICCPR Articles 14.2 - 14.7) 
    • (ICCPR Article 15) 
    • (ICCPR Article 16; CRPD Article 12) 
    • (ICCPR Article 17) 
    • (ICCPR Article 18) 
    • (ICCPR Article 19) 
    • (ICCPR Article 20; CERD Article 4) 
    • (ICCPR Article 21) 
    • (ICCPR Article 22; ICESCR Article 8) 
    • (ICCPR Article 23.1) 
    • (ICCPR Article 23.2) 
    • (ICCPR Article 24; CRC) 
    • (ICCPR Article 24; CERD; CEDAW; CRC; CRPD)
    •  (ICCPR Article 25) 
    • (ICCPR Article 27)
  • Rights of Indigenous people 

    The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples articulates the rights of Indigenous peoples. Detailed information is available in the e section of this website.

  • Women's rights 

    In addition to the general requirements of non-discrimination in Article 2 of the ICCPR and , Article 3 of both Covenants requires parties to ensure and promote equal enjoyment of rights for women. These rights and requirements are set in more detail in the .

    Detailed information on the Commission's work is available in the section of this website.

  • ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ's rights 

    The addresses in detail a wide range of human rights including civil, political, economic social, and cultural rights. 

    Detailed information is available in the section of this website.

  • Rights of people with a disability 

    People with disability are covered by the Human Rights Covenants through the Covenants’ reference to rights for "all individuals", and without discrimination of "any kind" including on the basis of "other status".

    • The Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights has included the rights of persons with disability among its . 
    • The was the first of the main human rights treaties to deal expressly with  rights of people with a disability

    The addresses in detail a wide range of rights including civil, political, economic social, and cultural rights. It confirms that these rights apply to people with disability; provides more detail on what some rights mean in the context of disability (for example regarding accessibility and independent living); and sets out in more detail than other human rights instruments what obligations governments have.

    Detailed information is available in thesection of this website.

  • Rights of older persons 

    The existing human rights treaties apply to older people as a matter of law because they recognise rights for "all" individuals and without "any" discrimination. 

    • The United Nations has adopted a range of non-binding instruments on the rights of older persons including the .
    • The Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights has included the rights of older persons among its . The Committee on Human Rights has not done so at this point. 

    Further information is available in the section of this website.

  • LGBTI

    The existing human rights treaties apply to all people, and include human rights issues regarding sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex people.

    Further information is available in the section of this website.

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