Rights and freedom Timeline

By rokzain
  • World War 2 ends and United Nations Charter is written.

    Brought about human rights and freedom. It had the significance of ratifying and strengthening and giving the rights of which each individual human deserves.
  • Pilbara Aboriginal Pastoral Strike

    The longest strike which had occurred in Australia, it resulted in nothing and was postponed as WW2 had occurred. This event was the beginning of the aboriginals gaining better rights and wages.
  • United Nations Conventions on the Prevention and Punishment of the crime Genocide

    The act of Genocide is a crime under international law. It proved the significance damages that is present every time the event occurs and the great loss that occurs to humanities.
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    • Gained humans the write in article from 1-30, which was basic human rights that we should all have. This brought significance beginning toward other right to make sure each human had equal right no matter their social status of back ground.
  • Geneva Convention

    People that weren’t apart of the war had gained the freedom of not being targeted or assaulted by hostile force and instead protects the people. This reduces the major and significant damage that is already caused due to war.
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    Aboriginal Protest against atomic bombs testing a Maralinga sites.

    The rights of the indigenous people to head back towards the site and land there. it was significant to the aboriginals as it had allowed them to reconnect with their traditions.
  • Policy of assimilation of non-British migrants

    The White Australian policy had been created which had allowed mainly British migrants or of white background to enter Australia. it caused a significant affect towards it being one of Australia's bad history.
  • Palm Island strike, Queensland

    The Aboriginals gained improved wages, living and working conditions. it was a significant feat for the aboriginals as 'palm island was known as torture island, this woo was one small step that allowed the aboriginal to gain their rights and freedom.
  • Indigenous people right to vote in federal elections

    the indigenous people slowly gained a voice and had recived the right to vote in a federal election. this became significant as the presence and voice of the indigenous people had too mattered.
  • Australian student freedom rides

    Aboriginals gained the right to a better education and education environment. it had significance for the aboriginals students as they were joyed and had finally gained what everybody deserve which is a better education.
  • Wattie Creek land rights battle begin

    The indigenous people had earned better wage and the right tot their land. this was significant as the aboriginals had gained better living conditions.
  • Constitutional Referendum

    Allowed the aboriginals to make special laws related of the aboriginal race in any states. it gave the aboriginal more significant rights , such as being counted in the reckoning of the population.
  • UN Convention on the elimination of all form of racial discrimination

    without regard of their, sex, race, language or religion, all shall gain the right to be respected and be treated fairly and not of unequal. the significance gain is that all humans gain equal right and this leads to a better equality and better future rights relating to the elimination of racial discrimination
  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy established

    it gave people the right and freedoms of protesting due to an occurring mining operation on aboriginal land. it has significance to the aboriginal people as a protest site.
  • UN Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on economics, social and cultural rights.

    the people's right to freedom and from fear, this can only be achieved when the people can enjoy their economic, social and cultural rights as well as his civil and political rights. These rights dignifies in accordance to the Principle Proclaimed in the Charter of the UN
  • Un Convention on the Elimination of all form of Discrimination against womens

    Womens now gains the same right and shall not be treated unequally in all forms of discrimination due to their gender. this has great significant to a woman as they now have the right to not be discriminated due to their gender.
  • Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

    This Report uses findings of coronial inquests as a means of auditing the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. this signifies the difference of living condition of the indigenous to the non-indigenous. resulting that the indigenous was 16.5 time more like to die than a non-indigenous.
  • UN convention on the rights of a child

    the rights for them to rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. this is significant that a child should be prepared to live an individual life in society, and brought up in the spirit of the ideals proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations.
  • High Court's Mabo decision

    the rights of owning and gaining a native title had been gained. signifies the recognition of native title for the first time.
  • Official national apology to the Stolen generations

    this has high significant to the Aboriginals as they once had to be forcibly removed from home and unable to continue their cultural traditions.
  • Bringing them home report

    This report is a tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by forcible removal. this was one of Australia's history of forcibly removing the aboriginals from their home and whitewashing them.
  • Corrobee 2000, Sydney opera house

    The High Court’s judgement recognised the native title rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and overturned the myth of terra-nullius- the notion that the Australian continent was empty, unowned land before 1788. The court also said that native title no longer existed on, for example, freehold title land.
  • Corrobee 2000, Sydney opera house

    The High Court’s judgement recognised the native title rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and overturned the myth of terra-nullius- the notion that the Australian continent was empty, unowned land before 1788. The court also said that native title no longer existed on, for example, freehold title land.
  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

    the freedom and rights that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, the indigenous people now gain equal right and cannot be again racially disrciminated
  • Australia endorses UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

    the Australian now public support of the rights of the Indigenous people.
  • UN Convention on the right of person with Disabilities

    People of Disabilities gained the freedom to not be discriminated as well as receiving equal opportunities. this signifies that an individual of disabilities should have the same right, freedom and opportunities to those of the non-disabled