Human Rights (LS 335)
Legislation:
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
Family Law Act 1975 s 43(b) (Cth). This section is also available separately on AustLII.
Cases:
- A v Australia UN Document CCPR/C/59/D/560/1993
Available as [1997] UNHRC 7 on WorldLII - Attorney-General v Kevin and Jennifer [2003] FamCA 94 (AustLII)
Available online in the Family Law Library in CCH Online as In Re Kevin (Validity of marriage of transsexual) (No 2) (2003) FLC ¶93-127. Click on 'Family Law Cases'. Select 'Case Citation' from the 'Search Forms' pull-down menu on the CCH toolbar and type 93-127. - Australian Capital Television Pty. Limited And Others and The State Of New South Wales v. The Commonwealth Of Australia and Another [1992] HCA 45; (1992) 177 CLR 106 F.C. 92/033 (AustLII)
- Australian Iron And Steel Pty. Ltd. v. Banovic [1989] HCA 56; (1989) 168 CLR 165 F.C. 89/052 (AustLII)
- Chan v. Minister For Immigration And Ethnic Affairs [1989] HCA 62; (1989) 169 CLR 379 F.C. 89/034 (AustLII)
- Gerhardy v. Brown [1985] HCA 11; (1985) 159 CLR 70 (AustLII)
- Gray v State of Victoria [1997] VADT 22 (AustLII)
- Hopu and Bessert v France UN Document CCPR/C/60/D/549/1993/Rev.1
Available as [1997] UNHRC 40 on WorldLII - In the marriage of C and D (falsely called C) (1979) FLC ¶90–636
Available online in the Family Law Library in CCH Online. Click on 'Family Law Cases'. Select 'Case Citation' from the 'Search Forms' pull-down menu on the CCH toolbar and type 90-636. - Minister For Immigration And Ethnic Affairs v. Teoh [1995] HCA 20; (1995) 183 CLR 273 F.C. 95/013 (AustLII)
- Tom Naunton Thomas v Westpac Banking Corporation [1995] IRC (950339) (AustLII)
- Tom Naunton Thomas v Westpac Banking Corporation [1995] IRC (950490) (AustLII)
Journal articles and other documents:
- Craig Forcese, 'The Capacity to Protect: Diplomatic Protection of Dual Nationals in the "War on Terror"' (2006) 17 European Journal of International Law 369
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (forcese) and title (capacity) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - David Clark, 'The Icon of Liberty : The Status and Role of Magna Carta in Australian and New Zealand Law' (2000) Melbourne University Law Review 34
This article is also available in PDF from 'AGIS Plus Text' and 'Australian Public Affairs Full Text' in Informit. - David Kretzmer, 'Targeted Killing of Suspected Terrorists: Extra-Judicial Executions or Legitimate Means of Defence?' (2005) 16 European Journal of International Law 171
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type title (killing) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Economic and Social Council, Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention: Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Doc. No. E/CN.4/2003/8/16.12.2002
- Economic and Social Council, Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention: Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Addendum: Visit to Australia, Doc. No. E/CN.4/2003/8/Add.2
- Fleur Johns, 'Guantánamo Bay and the Annihilation of the Exception' (2005) 16 European Journal of International Law 613
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (johns) and title (guantanamo) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Hon Mr Justice David Malcolm, 'Does Australia Need a Bill of Rights?' (1998) 5(3) Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law
- James G. Stewart, 'Rethinking Guantánamo : Unlawful Confinement as Applied in International Criminal Law' (2006) 4(1) Journal of International Criminal Justice 12
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (stewart) and title (guantanamo) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Jeremy Bentham, 'Anarchical Fallacies: Being an Examination of the Declaration of Rights Issued During the French Revolution' (1792)
- John Locke, The Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690) Chapter 2: Of the State of Nature
- Leon E. Irish and Karla W. Simon, 'Freedom of Association : Recent Developments Regarding the "Neglected Right"' (2000) 3(2) International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law
- Luigi Condorelli and Pasquale De Sena, 'The Relevance of the Obligations Flowing from the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to US Courts Dealing with Guantanamo Detainees' (2004) 2(1) Journal of International Criminal Justice 107
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (condorelli) and title (relevance) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Marco Sassòli, 'The Status of Persons Held in Guantánamo under International Humanitarian Law' (2004) 2(1) Journal of International Criminal Justice 96
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type title (status of persons) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Mariano J. Aznar-Gómez, 'A Decade of Human Rights Protection by the UN Security Council' (2002) 13 (1) European Journal of International Law 223
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (aznar-gomez) and title (decade) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Michael Peel and Noam Lubell with Jonathan Beynon, Medical Investigation and Documentation of Torture : A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals (2005), published by the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, pp. 5-15
- Robert Charles Blitt, 'Who will Watch the Watchdogs? Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations and the Case for Regulation' (2004) 10 Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 261
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (blitt) and title (watchdogs) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - Tobias Thienel, 'The Admissibility of Evidence Obtained by Torture under International Law' (2006) 17 European Journal of International Law 349
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type author (thienel) and title (evidence) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
Miscellaneous:
Amnesty International Online
Australian Human Rights Information Centre
EISEL (Electronic Information System for International Law)
Foreign Law Translations has been developed by the University of Texas and has decisions and/or statutes for France, Germany, Israel, Austria and Italy covering constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law.
Human Rights Council of Australia
LexisNexis Legal has international cases, statutes, treaties and journal articles. Click on the 'International Law' tab.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
Commission on Human Rights — The Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression E/CN.4/RES/2004/42
Fact Sheet No.2 (Rev.1), The International Bill of Human Rights
Fact Sheet No.7 (Rev.1), Complaints Procedure (Admissibility of Individual Complaints)
Human Rights Committee — General Comments
International human rights instruments and their monitoring bodies
Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression