Overview of Human Rights

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Across
  1. 3. official statement or announcement
  2. 5. Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
  3. 8. a system where citizens vote to elect officials who make laws and run the country on their behalf
  4. 12. Frameworks within a constitution that indirectly protect human rights and limit government power without being explicitly listed as a bill of rights
  5. 13. sovereign country that belongs to an international organization, political union, or federation
Down
  1. 1. a milestone document that outlines the basic rights and fundamental freedoms belonging to every person
  2. 2. of powers
  3. 4. the five human rights that are explicitly stated and entrenched in the Australian Constitution
  4. 6. a right that is not explicitly outlined in the Australian Constitution but has been interpreted by the High Court to exist
  5. 7. act of sanctioning or confirming something so it becomes fully binding
  6. 9. all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights
  7. 10. entitlements and liberties that exist for all human beings irrespective of any personal qualities and characteristics
  8. 11. formal compact or treaty between nations