Up to three million people perished between 1975 and 1979 in Cambodia. These deaths occurred under the Khmer Rouge regime which was in power for 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, after which followed a long civil war. The war ended in 1998, and the Khmer Rouge political...
The legality of the events of the past few days regarding action taken by the Australian Navy to intercept a boat carrying 153 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and evaluate their claims for refugee status while on board a Navy vessel will be the subject of scrutiny by...
The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has released their decision in the case of Kieren Loveridge, the man convicted of the ‘one punch’ manslaughter of Thomas Kelly in 2012. The Crown appealed the case after a public outcry regarding the length of the sentence...
The Rule of Law Institute encourages you to support the following initiatives of the MEAA in support of Australian journalist Peter Greste and his colleagues to call for their immediate release: MEAA has been involved in campaigning for the release of the Al Jazeera...
The final report of the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has just been released. It makes the following points: It is extremely critical of the performance of ASIC in failing to protect consumers defrauded by financial...
