We should become a human rights leader (again)

Australia was a key architect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and sixty years on it is time for Australia to bring this legacy home by establishing human rights as a central pillar of both domestic and foreign policy according to Philip Lynch, director of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre.

He correctly asserts that the legitimacy and ability of Australia to promote human rights and good government internationally and in the region is significantly compromised by the lack of a charter of bill of rights at the national level. Read the full article in The Age: