The New Zealand High Court upheld the minimum voting age at 18 years as a justified limit on the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of age. As the Court found the age to be within a range of reasonable alternatives, this decision deferred the question of whether the voting age should be lowered to Parliament to decide.
Read MoreThe applicant, a man with chronic schizophrenia, was convicted of theft and hooliganism. The Ukraine Court suspended the criminal proceedings against him committing him first for psychiatric treatment. He was subsequently detained in the medical wing of a pre-trial detention centre for a month before being transferred to a specialised facility. While detained, he was subjected to the practices of restraint and seclusion.
Read MoreThe European Court of Human Rights has considered two cases in which it held that the relevant State party had interfered with the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in art 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights. That right is protected by s 16(1) of the Victorian Charter. In both cases, domestic law required that the authorities be informed in advance of any planned public assembly.
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