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Counter-terrorism counter-productive if it violates rights

I've written previously of my admiration for Australia's man-in-London, human rights giant Geoffrey Robertson QC.  There's another Australian member of the bar I adore: that cultured man of compassion, the erudite and articulate Mr Julian Burnside, who, in and beyond his impressive legal practice in Melbourne, works tirelessly to promote human rights.  Despite a large […]

Geoffrey Robertson’s ‘The Tyrannicide Brief’

Esteemed human rights barrister and judge Geoffrey Robertson QC has always been a hero of mine. (Strictly speaking, Fred Astaire was a hero of mine long before I'd heard of Robertson and his Hypotheticals. I was devastated when my mother told me that Astaire probably wouldn't be available for tap lessons, but Robertson has never […]