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The Declaration of Human Rights was borne from the desire of many nations to embrace common values that underpin human life. The catastrophe of war and the horror of the holocaust made it imperative to attempt to bring order from chaos. I again pass by the question of enforceability. However as social attitudes evolve and change and scientific knowledge increases we must continually assess whether the actions of government, institutions and individuals accord with the generally accepted values of civilised nations. Those values find common expression in the Declaration.
The Report of the Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission will describe the mistakes made by many institutions. Many of those mistakes are already documented in the case study reports previously provided to government. There will be 44 case study reports in all. They reflect a fraction of the occasions where some governments, institutions and individuals acted contrary to the "rights" afforded to children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The history of both Maralinga and Child Abuse in Australia make plain that "rights" matter. Fundamental rights once identified and adopted by a community cannot be easily cast aside. We cannot expound the virtues of a free and just society and express them through a statement of accepted "rights" if we do not endeavour to ensure that the actions of government and our many institutions are consistent with those "rights".
14 -11-2017
The Report of the Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission will describe the mistakes made by many institutions. Many of those mistakes are already documented in the case study reports previously provided to government. There will be 44 case study reports in all. They reflect a fraction of the occasions where some governments, institutions and individuals acted contrary to the "rights" afforded to children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The history of both Maralinga and Child Abuse in Australia make plain that "rights" matter. Fundamental rights once identified and adopted by a community cannot be easily cast aside. We cannot expound the virtues of a free and just society and express them through a statement of accepted "rights" if we do not endeavour to ensure that the actions of government and our many institutions are consistent with those "rights".
14 -11-2017
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I have the right to feel my emotions
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Dr. Alicia A. Dunlop, Toronto
Personal Bill of Rights
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