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1.What is article 9 of the UN declaration of Human Rights
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
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No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
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No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
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2.How many articles are in the UN declaration of Human Rights
40
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15
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9
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30
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3.What type of detention does article 9 protect
Criminal justice
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Immigration processing
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Containment of contagious diseases
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All of the Above
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4.How many nations are a party to the 1951 refugee convention
26
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45
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17
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32
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5.In what year did Australia ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1961
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1974
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1980
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2002
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6.What does section 189 of the 1958 migration act (Cth) state
Australia has no legal responsibility for arbitrary detention when detainees are held in off-shore detention centres
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unlawful non-citizens must be placed in indefinite immigration detention
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Refugees and Asylum seekers must be detained on offshore detention centres
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Refugees cannot be held for more than 2 weeks in detention without access to legal support
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7.Which ex-socceroos player leads the Game Over campaign pushing for the release of asylum seekers and refugees in off-shore detention centres
Tim Cahill
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Mark Schwarzer
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Craig Foster
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Mark Bosnich
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8.What is NOT true about the case Nasir v Australia (2016)
he wasn’t charged or informed of the reason why he was detained for 146 days
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He was hired as a cook for a people smuggling boat
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he also didn’t have any legal representation for the first 110 days of his detention
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He died while in detention
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9.What IS true about the case Shafiq v Australia (2006)
Shafiq fled Bangladesh in 1999 in fear of retaliation from a banned political party
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Bangladesh had no evidence of him being a citizen which made Shafiq basically stateless
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In detention Shafiq got diabetes as it was a common side-effect from the psychiatric medication he was given
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All of the above
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10.Did the Nasir v Australia (2016) case have an effective remedy
Yes
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No
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There was a partial remedy
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11.Did the Shafiq v Australia (2006) case have an effective remedy
Yes
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No
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Their was a partial remedy as he was released as soon as the HRC recommended but was not financially compensated
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12.How many Afghan asylum seekers were on people smuggling boat that Nasir was on