HRLC Bulletin Vol 70 – February 2012
This is the February 2012 edition of the Human Rights Law Centre’s monthly bulletin Rights Agenda.
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This edition of the Bulletin includes:
- Opinion piece by Elaine Pearson on war crimes in Sri Lanka and Australia’s role
- A wrap up of the month’s human rights related news coverage
- International Human Rights Developments on a new treaty to enable children to have their human rights complaints heard and Human Rights Watch releases its 22nd annual World Report
- National Human Rights Developments, including a human rights check for new federal laws, a move to abolish mandatory sentences for people smuggling, a paper on needle and syringe programs in prisons and the Government moves to enable same-sex couples to marry overseas
- State-based Human Rights Developments, including options to halt rising rates of assaults against women and lessons in prison policies
- Australian Human Rights Case Notes on consideration of ‘special circumstances’ of alleged infringement offenders
- A range of International Human Rights Case Notes including from the European Court of Human Rights, UN treaty bodies, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Canada
- Information about the HRLC ’s policy and case work, including a Briefing Paper for the new Attorney-General, a submission on Realising the Right to Equality, and updates on the Occupy Melbourne legal challenge and an HRLC application to the European Court of Human Rights
- HRLC Media Coverage
- Details of forthcoming human rights seminars and events
- Information about human rights jobs
- Foreign Correspondent by Anita Goh of the NGO Group for the CRC
- ‘If I were Attorney-General’ by John Corker, Director of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre, on reviewing Australia’s detention laws and systems
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