MV Tampa

The incident in the MV Tampa refugee situation was a clear international fix. The actions undertaken by the Australian government seemed to be at a critical standpoint since it did not oblige with the international ruling agreements when it comes to refugees and ships in distress. It was very explicit that the MV Tampa was not at a very good condition to further reconstruct its tutelage to safely oversee the refugees. But looking at the principles implemented by Australia may provide another(prenominal) perspective.In terms of the UDHRs principal accord to provide universal human rights directives, it is still very possible to let it constitute rules that can be followed by the international community. However, depending on the situation and the termination of the government involved in a case, these rulings may be voided if the sovereignty of the nation is compromised. This clearly was the concern for Australia as it evaluated the refugees in the MV Tampa to be at a level of t hreat especially in concerns like overloading, sanitation, health issues and possible other secondary intentions like human trafficking and smuggling.With respect to Australia, it may be more important for the nation to consider its citizens human rights than those of the refugees. Of course, not everyone, especially those in the gracious Rights paradigm will accept this. But the mere fact that the international community is hounded by nightmares of terrorist acts, exacting health pandemic concerns and political dilemmas could just be good grounds for Australia to first protect its citizens than all one else in the world.The issues of the MV Tampa have lead to some extent of negative impression in the international community. Some global entities are not truly happy with how the government handled the situation denouncing that it violated the main aspect of universal human rights especially in a case when the victims are in distress. Of course, there are two forms of legal relev ance for such a concern on the subtract of Australia, the domestic and the international law. However, it cannot be denied that Australia needs to first attend to its domestic directives before it can manage to comply with the international rulings (Kampmark, 2002).ReferencesKampmark, B. 2002. Was it legal? The Howard Governments handling of MV Tampa. The National Forum. Retrieved April 4, 2008 from http//www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=1588.