Human rights
Labor is committed to a just and tolerant society which fully protects the rights and freedoms of all people in Australia.
Labor supports the rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international treaties to which Australia is a signatory.
This includes the fundamental political and civil rights of everyone to freedom of conscience, expression and association, and to due process of law.
We respect basic human rights such as access to education, access to adequate health care and the right to reasonable working conditions. Labor supports the introduction into Australian domestic law of the rights that are recognised and protected in the international treaties, conventions and protocols of which Australia is a signatory.
In introducing these rights, Labor will ensure that existing rights are also protected.