As a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1947, Australia fails to adhere to their obligation of enforcing the rights of a human within their domestic legislation. With only five rights expressed within the Constitution, the majority of the human rights within Australian legislation are not strongly entrenched. Australian common law contains most of the individual rights of a person; however these rights can be easily expanded or reduced by legislation passed by Parliament. Human rights, not including anti-discrimination, in Australia are not fully applied within the states, other than Victoria and the ACT there are no human rights-based state or territory legislation. Though, some states that have laws that reflect human right principles, such as child protection laws focuses largely on the best interest of the child.
