Human Rights, Human Nature and Law Human rights are the minimum entitlements or standards that are recognized internationally as applying to all people. The Australian Government and many other nations have acknowledges that these rights are natural and universal by ratifying international instruments that outline minimum human rights standards. Relevant refers to which Australia has ratified include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convent on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. These are devices are relevant to native title in that they protect property against arbitrary and discriminatory interference and articulate rights to freedom of religion and culture. It is the expectation of the international community that Australia will comply with these standards in its treatment of the rights of Indigenous peoples. As a body of norms or rules human rights belong, as the previous section makes clear, to the whole of humanity. The possession and entitlement to exercise human rights is invested in all of us. We all have the same basic rights. We share the right to equality, not to be discriminated