Special issue of human rights magazine on Anti-Terrorism Bill
7th December 2005
The Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRC) at the University of New South Wales has published a free special issue of its magazine, Human Rights Defender, on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, due to be voted on in the Senate today.
“The special edition demonstrates the far-reaching nature of the proposed legislation and offers readers a range of legal, social and political perspectives,” said AHRC Director, Associate Professor Andrea Durbach.
Contributors are:
“The special edition demonstrates the far-reaching nature of the proposed legislation and offers readers a range of legal, social and political perspectives,” said AHRC Director, Associate Professor Andrea Durbach.
Contributors are:
- Nicola Roxon MP, Shadow Attorney-General: Prevention or punishment: terrorism’s challenge to criminal law
- Andrew Lynch, Director of the Terrorism and Law Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Faculty of Law: Dont’t lie back and think of England: comparisons on the process and substance of counter-terrorism laws
- Ben Saul, UNSW Faculty of Law: Preventing communal violence? Blurring sedition, vilification and terrorism
- Robert Connolly, film director and writer: Seditious intent in the arts
- Chris Connolly, Visiting Fellow, UNSW Faculty of Law: Five key facts on sedition
- Michael Walton, NSW Council for Civil Liberties: The Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.2) 2005: an overview
- Garth Nettheim, Emeritus Professor, UNSW Faculty of Law: Terror Australis: the ‘debate’ to date
- Luke Howie, Australian Homeland Security Research Centre, Monash University: The threat of terrorism and social change.
The free online issue is available at http://www.ahrcentre.org/content/research_hrd.htm. Defender magazine is edited by Ronni Redman and Alan Morris.
The AHRC is an interdisciplinary research and teaching institute based in UNSW’s Faculty of Law. Since its establishment in 1986, the AHRC has focused on increasing public awareness about human rights issues within Australia and the international community.
For more information: Andrea Durbach, 02 9385 2543 / 0414 574 246
Media contact: Denise Knight, UNSW Media Office, 0405 207 685
Date issued: 6 December 2005
The AHRC is an interdisciplinary research and teaching institute based in UNSW’s Faculty of Law. Since its establishment in 1986, the AHRC has focused on increasing public awareness about human rights issues within Australia and the international community.
For more information: Andrea Durbach, 02 9385 2543 / 0414 574 246
Media contact: Denise Knight, UNSW Media Office, 0405 207 685
Date issued: 6 December 2005
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