The June 2007 edition of the Human Rights Law Resource Bulletin includes:
- ‘Safeguarding the Crown Jewels: The Need for Effective UN Human Rights Experts’ – an opinion piece by Andrew Hudson of Human Rights First in New York
- News regarding the development of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- News regarding recent contributions of major commercial law firms to the work of the Centre
- A casenote on a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria which was highly critical of the incarceration of a man with a psychiatric illness
- Information about a Bill currently before UK Parliament to clarify the meaning of ‘public authority’ under the UK Human Rights Act 1998
- Information about Statements of Compatibility tabled pursuant to the Victorian Charter of Human Rights
- Casenotes on recent decisions of from the UK and the European Court of Human Rights regarding the right to life, the right to legal representation and a fair hearing, and the right to privacy and respect for family life
- An update on the Centre’s policy work relating to the Western Australian inquiry into the need for a WA Human Rights Act
- Updates on the Centre’s casework and litigation, including in relation to the ‘prisoner voting case’ in the High Court and the ‘Melbourne 13 conditions of detention case’ before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Information about forthcoming seminars and events, including the Centre’s Human Rights Training Program on 6, 14 and 20 June, the VGSO Charter of Rights Newsletter, and a new Monash LLM subject on ‘Comparative Bills of Rights’
- An advertisement for a job as National Director of Amnesty International Australia
- A ‘Foreign Correspondent’ piece from Kristen Hilton regarding the right to adequate housing in South Africa
