Past Issues

HRLRC Bulletin Vol 8 – December 2006

The December 2006 edition of the Human Rights Law Resource Bulletin includes:

  • An opinion piece about Australia and the death penalty by the Hon John von Doussa QC;
  • Information about new resources on the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and the UK Human Rights Act;
  • A casenote on the first case to reference the Victorian Charter of Human Rights;
  • A summary of a joint HRLRC and PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic report to the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council in relation to homelessness in Australia;
  • Information about current HRLRC casework, including in relation to David Hicks;
  • Forthcoming seminars and events;
  • An extract from a new book on human rights and counter-terrorism by Prof George Williams and Andrew Lynch;
  • Information about online regional human rights resources relevant to the Victorian Charter of Human Rights; and
  • ‘If I Were Attorney-General’ by Julian Burnside QC.