Keywords: Human Rights Charter
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INTERNATIONAL
- Kevin McGovern
- 31 July 2009
1 Comment
The call by law professor Loane Skene for women to sell their eggs for embryonic stem cell research
ignores medical evidence of the health risks, and international evidence that the
legalisation of the sale of eggs leads to exploitation of women.
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AUSTRALIA
Going to jail for the right
reasons is noble. In effect Jesus called for a kind of civil
disobedience. He went to jail for justice.
Today, I would be prepared to
be jailed for resisting consorting laws. Exclusive preview: The John Smith Quarterly Essay
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 11 May 2009
2 Comments
While it is inherently racist for a person to claim membership of the
best race, it is no bad thing for a religious person to claim
membership of the one true religion. That is what religious people do.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 April 2009
3 Comments
We need to be on our guard against laws and policies enacted in the name of the public interest but with insufficient consideration for the human rights of the minority.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 March 2009
2 Comments
The medical pledge to do no harm no matter what the cost effective
benefits, and the conscience of the doctor are still
key elements in any law which promotes good medicine. –Frank Brennan, addressing the Medico Legal Society of Victoria
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 27 February 2009
3 Comments
Professor Martha Nussbaum's recent book Liberty of Conscience provides a rich textured treatment of the place of religion in the public square. If God is taken out of the picture,
it may be difficult to maintain a human rights commitment to the
weakest and most despised in society.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 10 December 2008
5 Comments
Sixty years on, it is fashionable to describe the Declaration of Human Rights as a peculiarly western, individualistic conception. It was not. Now is the time for Australia to discuss how best to make the State attentive to the still, small voice of conscience.
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INTERNATIONAL
- James Montgomery
- 09 December 2008
5 Comments
A landmark ruling in Victoria's 'terrorism trial' found the accused were subjected to oppressive conditions beyond what prisoners on remand should endure. It's as if they were to be punished prior to the outcome of the trial, irrespective of the jury verdict.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 September 2008
25 Comments
The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne has said Catholic Hospitals will not abide by Victorian legislation that compels health professionals to participate in abortions. Civil libertarians are well advised to support this stand, regardless of their moral views.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 08 September 2008
22 Comments
Victoria's 'groundbreaking' Abortion Law Reform Bill dispenses with informed consent provisions that protect vulnerable women, and neglects the right of health professionals to conscientious objection. Surely the right to freedom of thought, conscience and belief should count for something.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 03 July 2008
50 Comments
The rights of free speech and assembly should not be curtailed because World Youth Day pilgrims might be annoyed or inconvenienced. The NSW regulation is a dreadful interference with civil liberties, and contrary to the spirit of Catholic Social Teaching on human rights.
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AUSTRALIA
Kevin Rudd's visit to Jakarta today and continued inter-cultural dialogue could do much to enrich Australia's friendship with Indonesia. Indonesia's labelling as a basket case of corruption and terrorism denies the significant strides the country has taken since its democratic reformation.
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