Human Rights

More recently however, International Law has focussed not only on how States deal with each other, but also on how States deal with people.

This latter-day acknowledgment of human rights in international law was a very important influence on the High Court of Australia when it decided the Mabo Cases.

In particular, the judges placed considerable weight on the International Law principle that prohibits racial discrimination.

This principle is expressed in the United Nations Charter and is also prominent in key human rights treaties.

It's now so widely accepted by States, that it's become a principle of 'customary' International Law.

• Terra Nullius Defined
• International Law
• Colonisation
• Human Rights
• Takeovers
• Bases For Takeovers
• Justifications
• Barbarism
• Hierarchies Of Land Use
• Recent Changes To International Law
• Territorial Integrity
• The Common Law Of England
• Common Law Rules For New English Territories
• Settled & Conquered Colonies
• The Status Of The Australian Colonies
• Reception Of English Law
• Sovereignty & Ownership Distinguished
• Other Lands Settled By The British
• Terra Nullius & Australia
• Crown Land
• Gove Case
• The Gove Decision Questioned
• The Mabo Case
• The Mabo Decision
• Britain's Acquisition Of Sovereignty
• Pre-Existing Land Rights
• The Doctrine Of Tenures Reconsidered
• Extinguishment Of Native Title
• Sovereignty & Indigenous Self-Government