Stretch into 2024 with the AALA QLD Branch! Join us for a yoga + stretch session on Thursday, 29 February 2024, followed by brief networking and social drinks.
More details & registration here https://t.co/6TmeQhTqFB
“SA, Victoria and Queensland this year all released practice notes requiring court attendees to refer to parties by the pronouns they indicate being most comfortable with, such as they/them.”: https://t.co/5tKoSZgGNh
*None* of the practice notes say that.
120 in favor
14 against
45 abstentions
Countries adopt resolution calling for immediate & sustained humanitarian truce in the Middle East during an Emergency Special Session of #UNGA. https://t.co/XjKyOXQqu8
The END of my Deanship @OxfordLawFac
is also
the END of my almost 32 years @UniofOxford and @MertonCollege
I will remain Emerita professor of both & Visiting prof @OxfordLawFac 😭
I come almost full circle back to ASIA as
a Provost's Chair @nus_law
the next adventure begins😊
There’s a bit of a buzz in certain corners of the international law world about a recent announcement by the @IntlCrimCourt prosecutor Karim Khan that his office may start investigating cyber crimes. Here are my 2p, in the form of a slightly longer 🧵:
Responding to the Vanuatu Declaration @austlii urges the Australian Government to support @paclii. "free access to law is essential for the rule of law and access to justice ... PacLII is a fundamental part of the legal fabric of the Pacific region"
"geography, gender and ethnicity all can, and should, legitimately weigh in the balance. ... sectional interests within the community need to feel that the law administered by judges applies equally to them all. Representation within the judiciary avoids alienation".
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In 2004 then-barrister Stephen Gageler SC spoke on the topic "Judicial Appointment".
"The notion that appointment can only validly be based on ‘merit’ is naive. ... wider considerations can, and ought legitimately to be, brought to bear".
https://t.co/Tyac6pAbtx
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A huge decision today from the ICJ: "... under customary international law, a State’s entitlement to a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines ... may not extend within 200 nautical miles from the baselines of another State." https://t.co/L2PHWgxXG4
“That his Honour has been reversed on appeal is something which happens to every trial judge. The suggestion that mere reversal signifies anything about the competence of the trial judge subject to the appeal, is as misconceived as it is unfair.” https://t.co/MJ6WxPQ8Ln
From sunny Cairns to damp Brisbane, the #QldLegalWalk marched on despite the weather. Thank you to everyone who braved the rain (or sun if you were lucky enough to be in Cairns, Townsville or Maroochydore). Together we've raised $106,000 and counting!
The Hon Ian Callinan AC (ex-High Court) has made this submission to the parliamentary committee looking at the Voice constitutional amendment
https://t.co/lI4SSXjTsJ