For Human Rights, do i need to know every single development of human rights ( abolition of slavery, peace rights, trade unions etc ) also in the exam how would i know if im meant to be talking about contemporary issue or development of human rights for example in my trial i had an 8 marker that said explain how changing values have been reflected in the promotion and enforcement of one human rights issues and a majority of my class was confused on whether we were suppose to talk about contemp or development
Hey Deng!
I do think its important to know the development of each individual right as they can ask you on it - I was lucky enough to have a question in my trial JUST on
universal suffrage - however these sorts of questions wouldn't be worth more than say 4-5 marks. The marker just wants to see a progression with a few key dates; for reference, i used in my trial:
Universal Suffrage (Right to Vote):
- Women's suffrage societies in Australian colonies during the 1890s
- 1894 - SA women granted voting rights
- 1928 - British women given right to vote
- 1948 - UDHR Article 21 protects the right to vote for all people For the other part of your question, i suggest looking at Question 24 on the 2013 HSC paper, pretty much the exact same question. The marking guidelines stipulate, for the full 7 marks for this question you should include:
- Reference to international instruments, human rights documents and domestic legislation which seek to enforce a particular human right issue.
- Reference to the role of various non-government organizations as well as print media, social media, film and television to illustrate the way in which changing values are reflected in the promotion of a human right issue.
When doing this, i looked at the issue of
discrimination as it was easy to incorporate the evolution of
statutory law (ie
Racial Discrimination Act 1975) and International Law (UDHR) and how changing attitudes towards the aboriginal people, women and homosexuality etc. are reflected in the promotion/enforcement of human rights.
Hope this helps !