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[Tim_Shady]

In the exam they almost certainly will ask for a Human Rights issue, and there is a fair chance they will ask for a criminal law issue.

For human rights, i was thinkin of using the whole refugee thing - what with it being illegal for them to come here, but morally wrong for us to detain them and wat not.. especially being against ICCPR etc.

But im stuck for something for a criminal law issue - can someone give example of what they were planning to do?

And if someone has notes on the whole refugee thing, if you could post them that would be tops

Thanks

 

[cass087]

for criminal law i was thinking of talking bout those sleezy internet goobs that try to pick up little boys and girls. seeing there has been much talk bout that in the news of late, and it brings the need for law reform. and for human right i would prob do the whole asylem seekers thing aswell. but i dont have much useful notes on that yet sorry.

 

[overthaedge]

For criminal justice I'm doing sentencing issues and how they try to balance the rights of the individual, offender and society, and how the use of courts and legislation are the legal measures in place.

I'm doing asylum seekers too, I wrote notes on them, but they probably arent very clear to anyone but me, but here:
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE: ASYLUM SEEKERS REFUGEES

· Mandatory Detention Policy: govt. puts refugees into detention until they decide whether they are genuine asylum seekers. This policy contravenes with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states “everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”
· The treatment of refugees violates the international rights standards.
· Unreasonable detention is prohibited by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and CROC.
· Australia currently accepts 12000 refugees per year under its humanitarian program and has a mandatory detention program for illegal refugees.
· INEFFECTIVE- The humanitarian program is often ineffective as refugees usually have to leave their country quickly and don’t have time to obtain the necessary paper work. Often they have no access to the agencies and thus aren’t able to migrate through the official program. The mandatory detention policy takes away the liberty of people often causing greater psychological damage.

 

[Tim_Shady]

lol yeh i did actually understand your notes! Thanks for that.

The only question i have now is, i can see after reading the above notes that there is declarations and covenants etc. that our gov. has signed and yet isn't doing a whole lot. If the question was something like "domestic issue - how is domestic legislation trying to protect human rights" wat would i say?

has our gov. even made new legislation? looking at ICCPR and CROC, we aren't even adhering to the covenants we have signed!

 

[overthaedge]

hahaha yeah, if you were asked that you'd basically say the govt sux, as while it has ratified the treaties, it hasnt incorporated it within domestic legislation, this is reflected in the recent asylum seekers which clearly contravenes human rights etc.

 

[Tim_Shady]

lol yeh aren't governments great?

(don't get me started on the state government.....)

 

[Tammie]

another 2 really good issues to use would be children in detetention for human rights and double jeopardy for criminal law....well thats what im using and they seem pretty relevant to both areas....

 

[DaRanjed]

How about child sex tourism?

If they ask about something domestic, can I talk about something broad like Racism (too broad?), or Child pornography.

 

[Tammie]

child sex tourism is in heaps of text books .. i think its in macmillian...and is covered quite well...i think its widely used but if u cover it well your bound to get good marks....not sure how u can relate it to domestic...obviously its illegal but using acts i wouldnt know what to mention...thats why im doing children in detention

 

[cheeky_panda]

What's everyone doing for crime? I think I will be doing the age of criminal responsibility!

 

[skittlebrau]

child sex tourism is in heaps of text books .. i think its in macmillian...and is covered quite well...i think its widely used but if u cover it well your bound to get good marks....not sure how u can relate it to domestic...obviously its illegal but using acts i wouldnt know what to mention...thats why im doing children in detention

Child Sex Tourism Act 1994 (NSW)

I'm doing it, and talking about the case of John Arthur Lee, the Aussie who went off and has sex with 11 year old girls in Cambodia and took photos of it. He got 12 years in prison, which is the heaviest sentence imposed anywhere in the world for child sex tourism offences.

 

[:: dreami ::]

call me lost but what's this criminal law issue?

do we have to specifically talk about one? or what?

TIA

 

[cheeky_panda]

Here's the part from the syllabus:

assessing the efficiency and the effectiveness of various forms of legal measures in achieving justice through researching a current criminal justice issue

 

[:: dreami ::]

i didnt think that was tested tho

we covered that part of the syllabus in our first assessment task on juvenile offenders.

thanks for typing that out panda

Here's the part from the syllabus:

assessing the efficiency and the effectiveness of various forms of legal measures in achieving justice through researching a current criminal justice issue

 

[DaRanjed]

About Child Sex Tourism, would you consider it a domestic or international thing?
I personally think both.
As long as people from Australia are committing the crime (whether it's in another jurisdiction), it's a domestic issue.

Am I wrong?

 

[digmahstigma]

nope, youre absolutely right.

 

[DaRanjed]

Thanks man.

Gotta write my Family essay now...doo doo doo

 

[skittlebrau]

About Child Sex Tourism, would you consider it a domestic or international thing?
I personally think both.
As long as people from Australia are committing the crime (whether it's in another jurisdiction), it's a domestic issue.

Am I wrong?

I pray you're right! I think as long as you can write about it in relation to both domestic and international law, you're ok.