Human Rights Explained is an information resource on human rights. It covers all the important issues concerning human rights in Australia and in the international arena, stretching from the nature and meaning of human rights through the role of the UN and all the human rights treaties, to Australia's human rights record. Human rights are not exclusive to any particular society or group of individuals, and they are as relevant to people living in Australia as they are to those who live elsewhere. Human rights are for everyone, everywhere and at all times.
Human rights are an inextricable part of our lives.
In fact, they are so much a part of every day living that we often take for granted the protection they offer us. All of these everyday activities depend on the adequate protection of your human rights as well as those of your neighbour. Where the protection is inadequate or missing altogether your human rights suffer. The fundamental importance of human rights is such that we cannot afford to neglect them. And to be sure that we do not neglect them, we all must know more about them.