LAWS2224 EVOLUTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 2022 TUTORIAL ONE (W/C 1 AUGUST 2022) INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES Required Reading Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). 'The International Bill of Human Rights' in Adam McBeth, Justine Nolan and Simon Rice, The International Law of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2nd edn, 2017) esp. 1.3-1.5. Questions 1. In your view, what are the key human rights issues facing Australia? Do you think that Australia is a jurisdiction in which human rights are generally respected and upheld? 2. If the UDHR was drafted today, to what extent, if any, do you think the process of drafting the UDHR, and the substance of the UDHR, would be different? 3. Why did Jacques Maritain argue that theoretical justifications for human rights should so far as possible be left to one side in the drafting of the UDHR? To what extent is this approach reflected in the UDHR? 4. The UDHR was followed by two key human rights treaties: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Why were two human rights treaties adopted instead of a single International Bill of Human Rights? 5. What is the difference in the obligations imposed by the ICCPR and the ICESCR? 6. How did post-colonialism influence international human rights law