The September 2008 edition of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre Bulletin includes:
- An opinion piece by Rachel Ball of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre about ‘Making Equality Real in Australia’
- News about significant announcements by the federal Attorney-General to ‘strengthen human rights and the rule of law’ and major contributions to the Centre by the Legal Services Board, DLA Phillips Fox and Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- Updates on the Victorian Charter of Rights, including the development of online ‘train-the-trainer’ materials and an analysis of the Statements of Compatibility on the Corrections Amendment Bill, the Family Violence Protection Bill and the Evidence Bill
- Updates on other Charters of Rights, including further details about the proposed national human rights consultation and a major speech on Charters of Rights by Justice Kirby
- Victorian Charter case notes, including in relation to the application of the Charter to intellectual disability and compulsory treatment
[Note: All Victorian case notes published in the Bulletin are also published on the Centre's searchable database within 5 days of publication of the Bulletin] - Comparative law case notes on significant recent human rights decisions from the European Court of Human Rights (maintenance of family bonds; right to privacy and protection of health information; freedom of political expression), UK courts (access to medical care; interpretative principle; use of force and restraint against child detainees; obligations of police to protect life; protection from eviction), ACT courts (right to equality and exemptions from anti-discrimination legislation), Canadian courts (freedom of expression and evolution of the common law) and NZ courts (double jeopardy and disciplinary proceedings)
[Note: All comparative case notes published in the Bulletin are also published on the Centre's searchable database within 5 days of publication of the Bulletin] - Information about the Centre’s policy work, including in relation to substantive equality and reform of the Sex Discrimination Act, immigration detention, the review of the Northern Territory Intervention, and the Victorian Government’s mental health strategy
- Updates on the Centre’s casework and litigation, including in relation to an amicus curiae intervention in a Charter test case, and prison conditions in Tasmania
- Details of forthcoming human rights seminars and events
- Information about useful human rights resources, including recent additions to the Centre’s website and a new Human Rights Radio program
- Human rights jobs, including the DTP Human Rights and Diplomacy Training program
- Updates on major international human rights developments from our foreign correspondent in Geneva, Claire Mahon
- If I were Attorney-General’ by Shanta Martin, Mining Ombudsman and Extractive Industries Advocacy Coordinator with Oxfam Australia
