The Australian Achievement: From Bondage To Freedom by Professor L.J.M. Cooray
22. Human Rights
22.2 Civil Liberties
The more important rights may be said to include the right
of each individual to:
- freedom of speech and expression,
- freedom from arrest or detention except under authority of
law,
- freedom from cruel, inhumane or degrading punishments and
the right to a fair trial by a competent and independent
court,
- freedom to enjoy lawfully acquired property,
- equality of persons before the law,
- freedom of assembly and association (including public
meeting and withdrawal of labour),
- freedom of thought, conscience and religion,
- freedom to contract,
- freedom to engage in a trade, profession or occupation,
- freedom of movement within a nation and across national
borders.
Some of the above freedoms are analysed in various parts of
this book, see sections 5, 7, 20 and 21.