Humanities and Social Sciences / 7–10 Civics and Citizenship / Year 10 / Civics and Citizenship Knowledge and Understanding / Laws and citizens / ACHCK093
How Australia’s international legal obligations shape Australian law and government policies, including in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Elaborations
listing some of the international agreements Australia has ratified and identifying examples of how each one might shape government policies and laws (for example, the protection of World Heritage areas)
Sustainability
researching the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
identifying how international conventions and declarations have shaped Australian government policies with regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
recognising that the obligations in international treaties only take domestic effect in Australia if they are implemented by statute, whether by the Commonwealth or state parliaments