cover image: In Good Company F+E Con 2024 Video.m4a

In Good Company F+E Con 2024 Video.m4a

17 Jul 2024

And so this is a really important event because it underscores how we still need you know the legal structures in place to ensure that all of these efforts coalesce in a way that is meaningful and that really works to support and acknowledge the roles that not just we as a working group member or members do, but more importantly the work that tireless human rights defenders, you know, members of t. [...] We have to ensure that things like the Human Rights Act, that it is coherent with the spirit of the guiding principles, with the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [...] So the idea that you opt in to human rights completely undermines, sorry, I know that there'll be proponents of that in the room, but it completely undermines the idea that human rights are indivisible, are fundamental, and the idea that you can somehow opt in to them. [...] So, how do we flip that to make sure that the rules help support addressing some of the inequities that we have? And also those intersections matter enormously because then you basically have, you know, how do we create the kinds of economies and societies that mean that we can address some of the challenges? And, you know, businesses. [...] Actually, yes, there's the rights of the child, there's the rights of the mum, there's the rights of the sibling; and you know, I've had mums say to me, 'Which child's rights do I choose?' And it's heartbreaking, but it's the reality of how do we do that? How do we make sure in this notion of whether we're talking about kids, families, and communities or whether we're talking about intersecting ri.

Authors

xavierliu

Pages
22
Published in
Australia

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