Justice
The civil, administrative and criminal justice systems impact on the well-being and the relations between communities in Australia. Here you can explore the issues in achieving justice in a culturally-diverse environment. The Theme covers policing, security, diversion strategies, courts, laws, and judicial education (among a few others). The Theme is supported by the Commonwealth Attorney General under Support for Australian Organisations program.
News
New anti-Hate Crime network launched
Written by Administrator Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:50
The Sydney Institute of Criminology has established the Australian Hate Crime Network (AHCN) - a website dedicated to the exchange of information and resources on hate crime and vilification in Australia; you can view the website .
Berhan Ahmed calls for openness to defeat police racism
Written by Administrator Monday, 29 March 2010 08:45
The new furore that marks the discovery of over a hundred Victorian police engaging in internet racism shines a spotlight on issues of cultural corruption. While ha ha jokes about women and other "races" seems to be de rigeur for some segments of the media, it is confronting to find them happily floating through the police email system at a time that the police are consistently denying racism is widespread in Victoria (in relation to attacks on Indians). In an article in the National Times segment of the Fairfax online media,
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Out of Africa and into Court - new report focuses on pressing issues
Written by Maria Dimopoulos Wednesday, 13 January 2010 07:55
OUT OF AFRICA AND INTO COURT: THE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF AFRICAN REFUGEES
A new report by the Footscray-based African Legal Service called Out of Africa and into Court highlights the difficulties facing newly arrived migrants in moving from war-torn countries to a Western society such as Melbourne.
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Access issues for ethnic groups to federal Justice
Written by Maria Dimopoulos Wednesday, 13 January 2010 07:43
A Strategic Framework for Access to Justice in the Federal Civil Justice System
Ethnic communities in Australia will be affected by changes proposed in a government report on access to justice. On 23 September 2009, the Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, released the report of the Access to Justice Taskforce, ‘A Strategic Framework for Access to Justice in the Federal Civil Justice System’.
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UN develops ideas of cultural justice
Written by Maria Dimopoulos Wednesday, 13 January 2010 07:38
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has recently adopted General Comment No 21 on the Right to Take Part in Cultural Life (ICESCR, art 15(1)(a)).
The General Comment recognises that the ‘full promotion of, and respect for, cultural rights is essential for the maintenance of human dignity and for the positive social interaction between individuals and communities in a diverse and multicultural world.’ It characterises the right as a freedom which requires of the state ‘both abstention (ie, non-interference with the exercise of cultural practices and with access to cultural goods and services) and positive action (ensuring preconditions for participation, facilitation and promotion of cultural life, and access to and preservation of cultural goods).’
