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Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights
Victorian Parliament Iftar Dinner
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Remarks of Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner to the 12th Annual Victorian Parliament Iftar Dinner
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Summary
Read the submission on the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill No.1 2015.Read the submission on the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill No.1 2015.
Submission to Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014
Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence And Security
21 August 2014
Judicial review of lawfulness of detention (2013)
Australian Human Rights Commission Response to Questionnaire from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
8 November 2013
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Freedom from interference with privacy, family, home and correspondence or reputation
Human Rights and the War against Terrorism (2003)
"A system of tyranny, the most galling, the most horrible, the most undisguised in all its parts and attributes that has stained the page of history or disgraced the annals of the world." British Prime Minister William Pitt, 10 November 1797, speech to the House of Commons concerning France under the government of the Directory.
No need to abandon human rights to be tough on terror (2006)
In the post-September 11 world, debate about counter-terrorism is often characterised as an argument between 'the realists', who appreciate the need for tough new counter-terrorism laws, and 'the out of touch', who fail to take the terrorist threat seriously.
Counter-terrorism and human rights
Since the events in the United States on 11 September 2001, the Australian Government has introduced more than 40 new counter-terrorism laws. Amongst other things, these laws have created: