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Category: <span>Justice Access</span>

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Why is ACT rights law little used?

29 April 2008 29 April 2008

The ACT Human Rights Act, recently strengthened with a right to Supreme Court action, has been little used since becoming law on 1 July 2004. Is lack of awareness and understanding among magistrates, judges and lawyers the reason?
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Extradition needs detailed consideration

24 April 2008 24 April 2008

The United Arab Emirates has shari’a law and a penal code sometimes inconsistent with Australia’s laws and codes, CLA is saying to the federal parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. For that reason, the responsible Australian Minister should…

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Who is being victimised today?

17 April 2008 17 April 2008

Who is being wrongly convicted in 2008, asks Keith McEwan as he reviews a book by and about a woman who spent virtually all the 1990s behind bars, wrongly convicted. Framed by a police officer in a conspiracy with her own husband, she needed enormous str…

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UK High Court rebukes Govt for caving in

14 April 2008 14 April 2008

The UK’s High Court has delivered a withering rebuke to the British Government, senior Ministers and the Serious Fraud Office. Neither government nor the executive – or foreign princes – are above the law in a parliamentary democracy, the High Court has…

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ACT Police must abide by Human Rights Act

5 April 2008 5 April 2008

It’s official, in black and white, and under the signature of ACT Attorney-General, Simon Corbell: ACT Police must abide by the ACT Human Rights Act. For four years, ACT Policing have claimed they are not obliged to operate under the human rights legisla…

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HR bench study under way; public consultation to follow

17 March 2008 17 March 2008

Attorney-General Robert McClelland disclosed in a meeting with CLA today that officers of the Human Rights branch in the Attorney-General’s Department were undertaking a ‘stocktake’ of existing national legislation and processes on human rights (includin…

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How does Australia compare on shield laws?

12 March 2008 12 March 2008

We need to provide better laws to shield journalists and whistleblowers in Australia says ANU law student Lorraine Ingham after analysing how far Australia lags other English-speaking nations in protecting journalists and sources. Read article here (P…

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CLA welcomes right to action

5 March 2008 5 March 2008

CLA President Dr Kristine Klugman has welcomed the new ability to take action in court in the ACT to ensure someone’s human rights are protected. “This is a help to the little people in society, who benefit most from human rights laws,” she said.

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German Court opts for new computer privacy rights

2 March 2008 2 March 2008

Germany’s Constitutional Court has created a new right to privacy of computers, and privacy of some personal data on them. As well, the court has cemented into German law the notion of rights to ‘personality’ as expressed by personal documents held on co…

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CLA welcomes proposed new right to action

13 February 2008 13 February 2008

President of CLA, Dr Kristine Klugman, has welcomed the proposed new right to take Supreme Court action to enforce the ACT’s human rights legislation. She congratulated Attorney-General Simon Corbell and Chief Minister Jon Stanhope for the initiative, an…

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