Red Cross in Australia: Human Rights and Government Role

This essay provides an overview of the Australian Red Cross, a non-profit organization, examining its mission, principles, and services. It explores the organization's focus on human rights, its relationship with the government, and its responsibility in managing humanitarian efforts. The essay highlights various policies, roles, and procedures relevant to community welfare, particularly in areas such as Aboriginal communities, mental health, and settlement services. The Red Cross's commitment to international humanitarian law, its role in assisting migrants, and its various programs, including blood donation and social inclusion, are also discussed. The essay also references the Red Cross's strategy 2020 and its commitment to providing NDIS services, supporting aged people, and protecting vulnerable populations, emphasizing its dedication to the dignity, safety, and well-being of individuals and communities in Australia and internationally. The essay also covers the resolutions adopted by the Red Cross to protect people from violence, violations, and abuse of human rights.

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Introduction
This essay brings out a discussion on Red Cross, which is a non-profit organisation in
Australia. The main aim of this essay is to understand the human rights, the government
association, and its responsibility to manage this non-profit organisation. Further, it explores
several policies, roles, and procedures that are applicable to humanity (Leggate, Redman,
Wood, Bailleres, & Lee, 2019). The purpose is to inculcate the important and significance of
welfare services in the community that function in Australia. These policies, procedures, and
understanding of linkage between health, well-being, and human rights. Red Cross
undertakes activities to focus on aboriginal communities, mental health, settlement, children,
and family. The main motto behind the establishment of the Australian Rd Cross is the power
to humanity (Red Cross, 2019).
Red Cross
Red Cross is an association that avails humanitarian and community charitable services in
Australia. Red Cross is guided by the main fundamental principles of the Red Cross such as
secular, impartial, neutral, and independent organisation that clearly focus on humanity (Red
Cross, 2019). Red Cross avails huge range of services and other programs that consists of
international aid in the Asia-pacific region (Red Cross, 2019). Some of the important services
availed by Red Cross-are Blood donation, Social inclusion, Torres islanders, elderly, people
with disability, and community services. It is observed that Red Cross was formed nearly
second world war and it assisted wounded, sick, dependents, and maimed. With agreeing
with federal government and treated them with extreme care. It provided accommodation to
people who have no friends and other relatives to support while returning from the Second
World War. The corporate governance and public donations fund whole Red Cross. It is
committed to work respectfully by partnering with the Australia`s first people nation. Red
Cross has recognised the significance of maintaining and creating connection between

country, culture, and kinship in order to support them and creating an importance in the mind
of wellbeing, and individual health (Viennet et al., 2016). Red Cross has designed certain
policies and programs for the Aboriginals by empowering them in such a way that it will
pursue the goals and feel culturally appropriate and easily accessible. Further, Red Cross will
be able to support aged and older people to become more independent so that it can improve
the well-being and other social connection in order to remain with same level of living in the
local community (Viennet et al., 2016). Red Cross provide social support to aged services
where it provides a huge range of support to elderly people. Red Cross often give regular
welfare calls that is driven by appointments and it provided a personal alarm, which delivers
regular healthy meals and it also give appropriate care and housing facilities (Red Cross,
2019). Red Cross strives to provide NDIS services to the people, as they needs support to live
in independent and respectable way so that they can be part of community life. The caring
staff and volunteers commonly run Red Cross services and they give time to other in order to
support the employees. In regards to volunteers, it is important to consider rewarding as it is a
great connection with others in the community and securing the opportunity that would make
difference (Styles, Seed, Hoad, Gaudieri, & Keller, 2017). Red Cross works in regards to
vision and mission of the dignity, safety, and wellbeing. Red Cross has undertaken strategy
2020 as the roadmap towards the future, guiding them so that they can respond to the rapidly
changing humanity changes need for the services to Australian community (Australian
Government department of social services, 2013). Red Cross has undertaken international
humanitarian law as their priority. International human law is a set of international laws that
are set as per the armed conflicts. The main purpose of Red Cross is to comply with the law
of humanity in the armed conflicts so that it could save lives and reduce the suffering (Red
Cross, 2019a). Red Cross and Red Crescent Family holds a unique position in regards to
Geneva Convention. The main emblem is a protective symbol, which is central to law of war.

Red Cross clearly states that immigrants need greater protection as safety and dignity are two
important issues that would come up. It is observed the scenario UN members met in New
York so that it could develop global compact on regular, safe and mitigation (Styles et al.,
2017). Red Cross have perceived that great heights are encroached by the flee conflicts and
seek opportunity. Red Cross is present on every stage of migrant`s journey to cater them and
control their suffering in the journey. Here are some of the resolutions adopted by the Red
Cross to protect people (Branson, 2011). It protect people from violence, violations, and
abuse of the human rights by bordering some of the control policies, which do not return to
danger in regards to people. It caters to save the lives with the help of search by rescuing on
land and sea. It leads to protection from the traffickers and other criminals from exploiting
and abusing the migrants. It further leads to prevent the hate crimes and other more violence
in against the migrants. Red Cross will ensure that it access lifesaving care services such as
emergency health, food, and shelter (Red Cross, 2019).
Conclusion
By addressing, several barriers such as disability, language, arrest, gender and other new
criminalising other humanity assistance to success. Red Cross will undertake to prevent
vulnerable children to risk such as finding them for a particular assessment and its intense
care. It avails to provide safe accommodation for the isolated and separated students. It treats
the children who do not have parents with intense care, provide them education, and give
them a sense of living with humanity. These above are some of the basic standards in regards
to human dignity, which are affordable to every migrant without considering the status.

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