The November 2007 edition of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Bulletin includes:

• An opinion piece by Vickie Roach, an Indigenous woman who won back the right to vote for over 8000 prisoners in the High Court
• An analysis of the High Court’s reasons in Roach v Electoral Commissioner, which established the constitutional protection of the right to vote or universal suffrage
• News regarding the proposed Tasmanian Charter of Human Rights
• An analysis of some recent Statements of Compatibility tabled in Victorian Parliament pursuant to the Charter of Human Rights
• Case notes on recent significant human rights decisions from the European Court of Human Rights and UK courts regarding access to housing as an incident of the right to privacy, the independence of the Parole Board, and the restraint and seclusion of persons with a psychiatric illness
• Information about the Centre’s recent policy work, including in relation to the forthcoming UN Committee against Torture review of Australia, civil justice reform in Victoria, and the interception of correspondence and use of force against prisoners
• Updates on the Centre’s casework and litigation, including matters which pertain to access to the court and access to medical treatment
• Details of forthcoming human rights seminars and events
• Information about useful human rights resources, including the most recent additions to the Centre’s website and a review of Odyssey to Freedom by George Bizos SC
• ‘If I Were Attorney-General’ by Dr Andrew Lynch, Director of the Terrorism and Law Project, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW

Found in HRLRC E-Bulletin, Past Issues