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Moves to give disabled victims a voice
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POLICE, courts and corrections officers would undergo training in how to work with victims or offenders with a disability under a proposed plan for improving access to the state’s justice system. Attorney-General John Rau is working with a parliamentary committee to give disabled crime victims a greater say in court proceedings. Picture: Greg Higgs. Source: The Advertiser Attorney-General John Rau today released the Disability Justice … Continue reading
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El Salvador gangs say Supreme Court ruling threatens truce
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The leaders of El Salvador’s main street gangs have said a decision taken by the Supreme Court threatens a truce that has saved thousands of lives. The gangs were formed by Salvadorean immigrants in the United States The Constitutional Chamber of the Salvadorean Supreme Court declared illegal the appointment of Security Minister David Mungia Payes. He is one of the main architects of the truce, … Continue reading
Posted in Agreement, Diaspora, Judgement, Leadership, Protest, Reconciliation, Society, South America
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US seizes top Bitcoin exchange as crackdown begins
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The US Department of Homeland Security seized a payment processing account Tuesday belonging to Mt. Gox, the largest international Bitcoin trader, claiming the monetary exchange service falsified financial documents. AFP Photo / George Frey The American government has previously made it clear that officials are watching Bitcoin, a decentralized economic currency that international regulators have not yet been able to control. Many of those who … Continue reading
Assisted dying in Switzerland: Unclear lethal drug prescribing guidelines breached human rights
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GROSS v. SWITZERLAND – 67810/10 – Chamber Judgment [2013] ECHR 429 – Read judgment / press summary The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Swiss guidelines for doctors prescribing lethal drugs were too unclear and therefore breached article 8 ECHR, the right to private and family life. Ms Gross sought a prescription for a lethal drug to end her own life. She has … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Europe, Global issues, Health, Human rights, Humanity, Judgement, Morals, Society
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New satellite technology to track serious offenders
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New satellite technology will be used to track the whereabouts of serious offenders in Victoria starting in July. Photo: The grey device monitors real time location and the black device monitors blood alcohol levels (ABC TV News) The State Government says the GPS bracelets will be used to ensure conditions placed on parolees or offenders on supervision orders are being met. The devices can also … Continue reading
Statement on the Ríos Montt Conviction for Genocide, War Crimes
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Guatemala City/Brussels – In a historic decision, a Guatemalan court convicted former military dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt on 10 May of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre, torture, rape and forced displacement of indigenous villagers during counter-insurgency campaigns in the early 1980s. The verdict is unprecedented: never before has a national court found a former head of state guilty of genocide. It … Continue reading
‘Does anyone seriously think this is about a broken condom?’
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High-profile QC Julian Burnside has said the Swedish government has given away its true motivation for seeking to extradite Julian Assange. Burnside told Lawyers Weekly that it is important to expose the illogical steps being taken by Sweden to get the WikiLeaks founder into custody. “I do not believe that all of this fuss and bother is about an arguably broken condom … it is … Continue reading
Inspiring barrister to speak at leadership conference
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A barrister and refugee advocate who fostered a teenage Afghan refugee will be one of the speakers at the Law and Justice Leadership Conference, which takes place next week as part of Law Week. Foley’s List barrister Jessie Taylor will be joined at the Conference, which is aimed at students in Year 7 and 8, by former High Court justice Michael Kirby, who will give … Continue reading
UK mother forced daughter, 14, to get pregnant using sperm donor
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A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge says. In a ruling reported for the first time on Monday, High Court judge Peter Jackson said the mother had behaved in “a wicked and selfish way” that almost defied belief. My mum is a very determined person and she does her best not … Continue reading
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