Lex101: Human Rights Of The Vulnerable Group Are At Risk - Law Assignment

Internal Code: MAS5884

Law Assignment:

1) briefly state and describe the issue you are focusing on (e.g. the situation of Refugees, the legal status of LGBTI individuals, Indigenous Australians right to self-determination and identify and describe the vulnerable group you have chosen to focus on. Briefly explain, how the human rights of the vulnerable group are at risk, or are being violated. Provide a clear roadmap (outline the structure of your essay) to give the reader a clear idea of what is to come and effectively signpost how your paper will develop. 2) Identify the relevant International Treaties or Covenants (or other international protections). Clearly, explain which provisions of the treaty are relevant to the vulnerable group. Using these provisions, explain how the vulnerable groups’ human rights are being violated or not protected. Clearly, indicate how the vulnerable group may use human rights provisions in advocacy and lobbying efforts to assist their situation. 3) Explain the political context (comparing the domestic and international dimensions) of the human rights situation of the vulnerable group (e.g. the contentious debate about asylum seekers). 4) Identify the principal domestic legal protections (Federal and/or State), which affect the human rights of the vulnerable group. This will include legislation and might include important court cases. N.B. Federal or State protections might not be working, but that does not mean they do not exist. For some vulnerable groups, there may be an absence of legal protections and you should consider how the vulnerable group might effectively frame their human rights concern in the absence of any legal protection. 5) By reasoned argument, propose and explain at least one thing that the Australian government could do to enhance protection of the human rights of the vulnerable group (this may include new laws, new policies and/or new government services/police responses or a combination of strategies).