The recent development of inhumane mistreatment of asylum seekers in detention centres has caused a media uproar showcasing the lack of human morality of the mistreatment of refugees in domestic detention centres. Australia has been known for signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and also the one of the founding counties of the United Nations (U.N) [Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015]. This leaves Australia in a position of prestige, being a country that fully supports the concept that everyone is entitled to an adequate degree of Human Rights. Thus the mistreatment of any individual being, regardless of their political status, should not occur under Australian political actions, for Australia considered is a Humanitarian
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The detaining of these people and taking away their basic human rights, this is clear as the use of these centres breach article nine of the UDHR which states “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile” and broader terms such in article 2 “Everyone is entitled to all rights and freedoms ……. without distinction of any kind such as race, colour sex ……. national or social origin …… (and goes on further to) or other status” [United Nations, UDHR, 2015]. As long as Australia will continue consider it self a pro human rights nation, we must follow these legislations and rid the use of these detention centres which treat families and children as if they were prisoners. Some say we don’t already treat these detainees fairly and no breaches of human rights are present. But this is not the …show more content…
A story published by the ABC news network showcase a reporter, presumably the publisher Lexi Methrell, covers the nature of conditions that the children are subjected to while in the Christmas Island detention centre. The fact that the detainees, even children, identify themselves as prisoners is horrendous. Professor Gillian Triggs the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, had spear headed the investigation and what she had found was shocking [ABC News, Lexi Methrell, 2014]. She quotes that "These children are actually identifying themselves by their numbers, not by their names, which is shocking in itself," – Professor Triggs. The Australian government has an obligation under the UDHR and the CRC, the fact that they identify them as prisoners in these centres is an obvious breach of their human rights. This goes against article 2 of the UDHR and article 22 of the CRC, which state that any children that come into a country as a refugee has the same rights as those born in that country. Since these are some of the many rights of both adults and children being detained are breached, Australia would be ashamed to continue to call it a pro human rights country allowing these breaches to occur while signed to the United Nations UDHR and
The detaining of these people and taking away their basic human rights, this is clear as the use of these centres breach article nine of the UDHR which states “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile” and broader terms such in article 2 “Everyone is entitled to all rights and freedoms ……. without distinction of any kind such as race, colour sex ……. national or social origin …… (and goes on further to) or other status” [United Nations, UDHR, 2015]. As long as Australia will continue consider it self a pro human rights nation, we must follow these legislations and rid the use of these detention centres which treat families and children as if they were prisoners. Some say we don’t already treat these detainees fairly and no breaches of human rights are present. But this is not the …show more content…
A story published by the ABC news network showcase a reporter, presumably the publisher Lexi Methrell, covers the nature of conditions that the children are subjected to while in the Christmas Island detention centre. The fact that the detainees, even children, identify themselves as prisoners is horrendous. Professor Gillian Triggs the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, had spear headed the investigation and what she had found was shocking [ABC News, Lexi Methrell, 2014]. She quotes that "These children are actually identifying themselves by their numbers, not by their names, which is shocking in itself," – Professor Triggs. The Australian government has an obligation under the UDHR and the CRC, the fact that they identify them as prisoners in these centres is an obvious breach of their human rights. This goes against article 2 of the UDHR and article 22 of the CRC, which state that any children that come into a country as a refugee has the same rights as those born in that country. Since these are some of the many rights of both adults and children being detained are breached, Australia would be ashamed to continue to call it a pro human rights country allowing these breaches to occur while signed to the United Nations UDHR and