The January 2007 edition of the Human Rights Law Resource Bulletin includes:
- An opinion piece about Ruddock’s recent criticism of pro bono ‘advocacy’ by Brian Walters SC
- Information about the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- A statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights and poverty
- Information about a parliamentary inquiry into the proposed Agreement on Security Cooperation between Australia and Indonesia, which has significant implications for the rights to freedom of expression and association and also in relation to the death penalty
- A casenote on a recent UN Human Rights Committee decision regarding Australia’s policy of mandatory immigration detention
- A summary of a joint HRLRC/Blake Dawson Waldron submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission Civil Justice Review regarding third party interveners
- Information regarding the inquiry into a need for Charter of Rights in Tasmania and the HRLRC’s submission to that inquiry
- A summary of a request for urgent action sent by a coalition of organizations, including the HRLRC, to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Indigenous People
- An opinion piece about whether David Hicks may be a victim of Australian war crimes by Peter Vickery QC
- Information about forthcoming seminars and events, including a lecture with Justice Zak Yacoob of the South African Constitutional Court, the HRLRC 2007 Human Rights Dinner, and the EOCV’s 2007 Human Rights Conference
- Information about online comparative domestic human rights resources relevant to the Victorian Charter of Human Rights
- ‘If I Were Attorney-General’ by Stan Winford of Fitzroy Legal Service.
