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|questionHeading=What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? | |questionHeading=What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? | ||
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| | |contents=Australia ratified the ICCPR in 1980, a treaty that includes privacy rights. According to the Australian Human Rights Commission: "The right to privacy under the ICCPR includes a right to private life (including intimate behaviour between consenting adults), as confirmed for example by the UN Human Rights Committee in Toonen v Australia." Though there is no federal right to privacy, some regions of Australia have extended regional protections, such as the ACT Human Rights Act [[Probable year:: 2004]] (ACT Human Rights Commission, “Human Rights”). | ||
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https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/rights-and-freedoms/how-are-human-rights-protected-australian-law | https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/rights-and-freedoms/how-are-human-rights-protected-australian-law | ||
https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/humanrights/rights-protected-in-the-act/right-to-privacy-and-reputation | |||
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Australia
Australia ratified the ICCPR in 1980, a treaty that includes privacy rights. According to the Australian Human Rights Commission: "The right to privacy under the ICCPR includes a right to private life (including intimate behaviour between consenting adults), as confirmed for example by the UN Human Rights Committee in Toonen v Australia." Though there is no federal right to privacy, some regions of Australia have extended regional protections, such as the ACT Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT Human Rights Commission, “Human Rights”).
References:
https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/humanrights/rights-protected-in-the-act/right-to-privacy-and-reputation