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Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Book pageAppendix 5 The use of statistical evidence
This short paper is concerned, first, to examine the significance in a particular case of statistical evidence; secondly, to examine what it means to prove a fact on ‘the balance of probabilities’; and finally to examine the significance of relying on statistical evidence to establish an accused person’s age in the context of s 236B of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Publication
Implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture : Options for Australia
2008 Implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture : Options for Australia A report to the Australian Human Rights Commission by Professors Richard Harding and Neil Morgan (Centre for Law and Public Policy, The University of Western Australia) Download in Word Format [429KB] Download in PDF Format [217KB] Table of contents Background, summary and recommendations… -
Rights and Freedoms
3 March 2023Speech
'Reflections on women’s rights – past, present and future’
This presentation draws together reflections on women’s rights from the campaigns by the suffragists and suffragettes of the late 19th century and a consideration on how far we have come in realisation of women’s rights.