Category: Human Rights
CLA’s National Liberty Tree planted
CLA’s National Liberty Tree will be a symbol for numerous generations to come, President Dr Kristine Klugman said as she joined the former ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and seven-year-old Charli Withers to plant the magnificent Kurrajong specimen…
Chinese-taught Communist and the
Army do some learning together
From a bygone era, CLA’s Keith McEwan tells a story of how both lecturer and students learned when the Army decided its officers should know something about the motivations and culture of Communists in Australia. Perhaps it’s time Defence asked similar…
Bail law reform should follow declaration
Human rights law works best when it tweaks the ordinary law to be more uniform, fair, and understandable by the average citizen. In the ACT, the Legislative Assembly has its first chance to achieve those tri-aims by reforming the Bail Act: Human Rights…
Faulkner sums up first year achievements
The Father of Freer Information in Australia, Senator John Faulkner, has given his creation – the Office of the Information Commissioner – a tick for achievements in its first 12 months. But he has reminded the Information, Privacy and FOI Commissioner…
Nashiri: US torture of legality continues
The USA is twisting time and reality – and torturing its own legal system – in trying to prosecute a man, Nashiri, before a military commission for an “war crime”. The Saudi allegedly masterminded the bomb attack on the USS Cole warship in a Yemeni port…