QCE Legal StudiesPractice Examination 6

This paper covers

• Prisoners' voting rights and legislative disenfranchisement under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) s 93(8AA) and Electoral Act 1992 (Qld) s 9(5)
• ICCPR Article 25 — right to participate in public affairs and to vote
• Implied freedom of political communication under the Australian Constitution
• Roach v Electoral Commissioner (2007) 233 CLR 162 and Rowe v Electoral Commissioner (2010) 243 CLR 1
• International human rights treaty framework: ICCPR 1966, UDHR 1948, treaty bodies and UN Human Rights Committee
• Nature and effectiveness of international law enforcement mechanisms
• Australian legal responses to human rights: express and implied constitutional protections
• Law reform processes: role of parliamentary inquiries, law reform commissions, and criteria for evaluating reform proposals
• Access to justice and human rights protection for marginalised groups
• Three generations of rights and the justiciability of international human rights obligations in Australian domestic law

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.