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Abandoned Australians, Cultural Restitution and Human Rights AccountabilityDiscussion with Geoffrey Robertson QC on how Australia’s COVID response, including its border closure to citizens abroad, has violated human rights and Geoffrey’s petition on behalf of abandoned Australians before the Human Rights Committee. We also discuss the lack of constitutional rights in Australia and the need for a bill of rights. Additionally, we discuss the secret, political trial of barrister Bernard Collaery. We also discuss cultural restitution and the case of the British Museum’s refusal to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece. Additionally, we discuss the importance of social and economic rights, corporate accountability for human rights, the Magnitsky Act and its adoption by numerous states as a way to target human rights violators.For More Info:https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspxhttps://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspxhttps://covid19.dfat.gov.au/citizeninformation/s/https://strandedaussies.com/get-informed#gs.8she2phttps://strandedaussies.com/#gs.8shy75https://freeandopenaustralia.org/http://www.helleniccouncil.org.au/docs/The%20Case%20for%20the%20Return%20of%20the%20Parthenon%20Sculptures.pdfhttps://removethecap.com/https://inmyblooditruns.com/https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2019/11/29/stop-putting-kids-in-prison-australian-governments-toldhttps://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2020/HCA/48https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2021/HCA/5https://www.vgso.vic.gov.au/implied-constitutional-freedom-political-communicationhttps://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/showCase/2019/HCA/23https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/submission/inquiry-australian-security-intelligence-organisation-amendment-bill-2020https://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/downloadPdf/2019/HCA/23https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/indefinite-detention-australia-refugee-law/https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/18169/index.dohttps://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2021/5/17/collaery-charges-must-be-dropped-and-undemocratic-secrecy-orders-must-end