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Examining the contradictions of Whitlam's personal support for Indonesian takeover of Portuguese Timor and his dismissal of East Timorese human rights under international law.
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The concept of international law and universal human rights has long been accepted. However, its enforcement and treatment by nation states has been selective. This paper provides a case study of where a government and leader who profess the strongest support for human rights and international law ignore these principles in order to pursue their diplomatic goals.
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This work was undertaken as an E.G Whitlam Research Fellow, Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University 2018-19.
Adam Hughes Henry
Australian National University
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This page is a summary of: Gough Whitlam and the politics of universal human rights, The International Journal of Human Rights, October 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13642987.2019.1674286.
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