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...
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...
Nicholas Cowdery AM QC’s paper: ‘Mandatory Sentencing: Getting Justice Wrong’. See the live tweet and excerpts from the paper below. Podcast coming soon! Want to know more? The Sydney Morning Herald has highlighted Mr Cowdery’s point...
