Sarah Fulton

She/her. Views my own, happy to be corrected.

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Decision below available here: https://t.co/eJIJ3HytSi Mortimer J found Australian spy agency ‘was, at the least, acquiescing in the use of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by others’ and that supported finding of denial of procedural fairness.

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Appeal heard yesterday in Australia on use of torture-tainted evidence and denial of procedural fairness in security assessment https://t.co/b6Ls2ZVQHT

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

ALRC seeks consultation feedback by 30 November – including on Proposal B12 and B13 that PM&C should publish and maintain consolidated guidance on the delegation of legislative power and the principles contained in such guidance. 2/2

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

ALRC's Financial Services Legislation Interim Report B was tabled on Friday. Lots in it of interest to public lawyers & legislative drafters too - big focus on delegation of legislative power, offences & penalties, & law design 1/2
https://t.co/59Xx4Xyooc
#auslaw @auslawreform

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

@juergenschurr @advocacy_nepal Great to see such strong views from the HRC on a horrific case - made possible by the courage of RR's family, and led by the brave and tireless work of @advocacy_nepal - @OmPrakashSenTha @Adhikarikopila @mandira36 @MassageIngrid & many others past & present.

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Victoria to set up Australia's first truth and justice commission to recognise wrongs against Aboriginal people https://t.co/0utjLURBEs

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

IHMS revelations bolster the legal and political case against the detention of asylum seekers http://t.co/lJhD6Nxjmx

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Australian detention centre secrecy laws condemned by world medical body http://t.co/yvShgwDn6S

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Indian SC: No leniency to rapist even if he marries or compromises with survivor @timesofindia http://t.co/s1vpY0ni18

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Poland wants US to rule out death penalty for Gitmo detainees | GlobalPost http://t.co/ZOZRpTCZ0P

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

An hour from now #IACmHR to hold public hearing on Guantanamo Bay - evidence from @antitorture_SRT & defense lawyers http://t.co/WnFOArvxZs

[Daniel Webb @DanielHRLC]

We've become a nation that condones what we ought to condemn. Excellent piece by @BenDohertyCorro: http://t.co/KiSvE7hp6C #auspol #refugees

[Gitmo Watch @GitmoWatch]

Podcast of @jamesgconnell, Walter Ruiz, LtCol Sean Gleason, & @cliffsloan discussing #Guantanamo at @NYCBarAssnNews http://t.co/kX6ouKbadL

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

US Sup Court denies cert. in Samantar - judgt against form Somali PM denying immunity & awarding $21m damages for torture upheld @CJA_News

[Human Rights Law Centre @humanrightsHRLC]

UN accuses Australia of systematically violating torture convention, @BenDohertyCorro & @danielhurstbne report http://t.co/7Gl5M0xkYj

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

UN SR #Torture: Australia violates right of asylum seekers, incl children, to be free from torture or CIDT under CAT http://t.co/Eoo6Vugx1K

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

UN High Commissioner for HR Zeid 'heartily commends' #Nepal Sup Ct for striking down amnesty provision in TRC Act http://t.co/zcaKjePWLu

[ICJ @ICJ_org]

United Arab Emirates: stop the charade and release activists convicted at the mass UAE 94 trial http://t.co/gYO5OyEQ6t

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

Full speech of UNHCHR Zeid to UN HR Council here: http://t.co/ihCbh8pErL #HRC28

[Sarah Fulton @SezFulton]

HC Zeid: 'neither terrorism, nor globalisation, nor migration are qualitatively new threats that can justify overturning legal foundations'