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MONEY TALKS AT THE EXPENSE
OF HUMANITY
Perhaps the most important human right today is the right
of all people to live in a clean and safe environment, a
right neglected by governments of all political
persuasions, as if human happiness somehow depends on an
ever-expanding economy. At a time when the proverbial
excrement has hit the world’s air-conditioning system,
Exxon Mobil proudly announces an annual profit of $51
billion.
By ignoring basic human rights and engaging instead in the
money talk of big business and corporate interests,
governments today devalue democracy and allow their
offices to be used to create private affluence and public
squalor.
Probably the best-known compilation of human rights is the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) signed at the
United Nations in 1948. Australia took an active part in
drafting and implementing the UDHR at a time when an
Australian, H. V. Evatt, was President of the General
Assembly. Since its original good work at the United
Nations, Australia has fallen behind the rest of the
democratic world in the protection of human rights. For
example, we are the only common law country that does not
protect the basic rights and freedoms of its citizens with
a Bill of Human Rights.
Many human rights have not been incorporated into the New
South Wales legal system, and the main object of the Human
Rights Party is to promote political candidates willing to
work towards fulfilling the objects of the UDHR. Without
basic protections for human rights in our legal system,
executive governments manipulate parliaments and the
courts to promote big business and corporate interests
over the interests of citizens. The Human Rights Party
will agitate state, federal and territory governments to
ensure that a Bill of Human Rights is implemented in all
jurisdictions of the Australian legal system.
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