National security, terrorism and Bills of Rights

Australian Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 263-273

  Williams, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84889782285     PISSN: 1323238X     EISSN: 2573573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1323238X.2003.11911101     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 (Communist Party case)
2. Coco v The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427
3. Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514
4. Criminal Code Act (NT)
5. Criminal Code Amendment (Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Act 2002 (Cth)
6. Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002
7. Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 (Cth)
8. Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002 (in Bills Digest No 128 of 2001–02, 1 May 2002)
9. USA PATRIOT Act 2001
10. Anti-Terrorism Act 2002
11. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1982
12. Terrorism Act 2000
13. Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Human Rights and the Fight Against Terrorism at [accessed at 7 April 2003]
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15. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373
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22. Williams G, ‘One Year On: Australia's Legal Response to September 11’ (2002) 27 Alternative Law Journal 212.
23. ‘Council of Europe Adopts the First International Guidelines on Human Rights and Anti-Terrorism Measures’ (Media Release, 15 July 2002) at
24. An Advisory Report on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002 (May 2002) at vii
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26. Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee Inquiry into the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002 and Related Matters (December 2002) at