otocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the individual communications mechanisms under the CAT and the CERD.
In 1980, International ICCPR’s covenant entered into force for Australia. ICCPR states “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.” Is Australia upholding this? Article 2 states that “Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes: To ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.” Are citizens’ excessive rule breaking true to this? Article 3 states that “The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensu...