Happy Anniversary! It’s One Year since We Lost Our Freedom of Movement
The Freedom to Travel, at Home and Abroad, Has Been Unreasonably Restricted
Happy anniversary! It’s been a year since Australians lost one of our fundamental human rights: the freedom of movement.
This is a freedom that has been restricted to various degrees by governments around the world and continues to be a hot-button issue in the United States in particular. Just this week, for example, Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis loudly bucked Biden’s wish to reinstate lockdown restrictions.
Looking at the situation Down Under, is it a stretch to say we’ve lost our freedom of movement?
Australia is a signatory to seven international human rights treaties, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 13 of that treaty states that
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