The May 2008 edition of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Bulletin includes:
- An opinion piece regarding a ‘The Role of Human Rights Charters in Addressing Disadvantage and Improving Public Services’
- News about the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Updates on the Victorian Charter of Rights, including information about the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission’s First Report on the Charter and an analysis of recent Statements of Compatibility
- Updates on other Charters of Rights, including a summary of the proposed Northern Ireland Bill of Rights process by Chris Sidoti
- Victorian Charter case notes, including in relation to the duties and functions of courts pursuant to s 6(2)(b), and the right to a fair trial
- Comparative law case notes on significant recent human rights decisions from the European Court of Human Rights (procedural and substantive obligations arising from the right to life; wind turbines and the right to privacy; mental illness, legal capacity and human rights), the UK Court of Appeal (advertising and the right to freedom of expression); the South African Constitutional Court (housing and the right to dignity) and the ACT Supreme Court (right to a fair trial)
- Information about the Centre’s policy work, including summaries of recent major submissions to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the UN Committee against Torture and in relation to the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act
- Updates on the Centre’s casework and litigation, including in relation to the right to a fair trial and the functions of courts under the Charter
- Details of forthcoming human rights seminars and events
- Information about useful human rights resources, including book reviews of Law and Liberty in the War on Terror and Australian Bills of Rights, and recent additions to the Centre’s website
- Human rights jobs with DLA Phillips Fox
- Updates on human rights at the UN, including in relation to the OP-ICESCR, the 7th Session of the Human Rights Council, the first series of Universal Periodic Reviews, and the global food crisis from our foreign correspondent in Geneva, Claire Mahon
- ‘If I were Attorney-General’ by Anna Copeland, a lawyer with the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, in relation to the rights of children and young people
