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  • Extraordinary rendition violates right to liberty and prohibition of torture

    13 December 2012

    El-Masri v the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [2012] ECHR 2067 (13 December 2012) Summary The European Court of Human Rights held the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia responsible for...

  • Drunken brawl appeal prompts clarification of the new community correction orders regime

    12 December 2012

    DPP v Leys & Leys [2012] VSCA 304 (12 December 2012) Summary On 16 January 2012, community correction orders (CCO) were introduced as a sentencing option under the Sentencing Act...

  • Please return my prisoner – Habeas corpus and unlawful transfer

    31 October 2012

    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Rahmatullah [2012] UKSC 48 (31 October 2012) Summary The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom found that the continued detention of...

  • UK court holds that extradition of alleged sex offender to US would result in flagrant denial of rights

    20 June 2012

    UK court holds that extradition of alleged sex offender to US would result in flagrant denial of rights Sullivan v The Government of the United States of America & Anor...

  • Retrospective preventive detention incompatible with human rights

    7 June 2012

    G v Germany [2012] ECHR 956 (7 June 2012) Summary The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held that Germany violated the prohibition under article 7(1) of the European...

  • Liberty and security of mentally ill persons at trial

    24 May 2012

    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health v Ontario, 2012 ONCA 342 (24 May 2012) Summary The Court of Appeal for Ontario allowed an appeal by the Centre for Addiction and...

  • Detention of mentally ill asylum seeker violates European Convention

    17 April 2012

    Detention of mentally ill asylum seeker violates European Convention HA (Nigeria), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 979 (Admin) (17 April...

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Erosion of right to silence highlights need for stronger rights guarantees

HRLC Secondee Lawyer examines how the erosion of the right to silence in NSW highlights the precarious nature of human rights in Australia.

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Case notes

The Queen on the Application of HC (a child, by his litigation friend CC) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Others [2013] EWHC 982 (Admin) (25 April 2013)

The UK High Court of Justice has held that to treat 17 year olds as adults offends the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which informs the UK’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998 (UK).

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Human rights developments

Optional Protocol to ICESCR enters into force
High Court rules “social security fraud” laws cannot apply retrospectively
Victorian bill to abolish suspended sentences

If I were Attorney-General...

Justice Edwin Cameron on living with HIV, the political nature of coming out & the power of legal action to create social change.

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