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...
On 18 June 2014, the High Court handed down its decision concerning the lawfulness of amendments to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) legislation enabling asylum seekers to be removed to Manus Island, part of Papua New Guinea (PNG), for “processing” to assess whether they...
See a summary below of the Suppression Orders Workshop held on the 4 June 2014: [View the story “Justice Open and Shut” on Storify] Further Reading See other posts on freedom of the press.
The Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC) held its annual lecture this week with Beatrice Mtetwa, a Zimbabwean lawyer of international renown for her work in defending human rights activists and promoting the rule of law in Zimbabwe. The Rule of Law Institute of...
