Centre for International and Public Law

Expert Opinion

War on Iraq
17 December 2003
Meeting barbarity with justice will be a trial for international law
Hilary Charlesworth and Andrew Byrnes write in the Sydney Morning Herald

29 October 2003
Is International Law Relevant to the War in Iraq and its Aftermath?
Hilary Charlesworth gives the National Press Club Telstra Address

Bill of Rights will remain neutral
Thomas Faunce writes on abortion and the right to life in The Canberra Times
30 September 2003

Human rights talks with China 'absurd'
Ann Kent writes in The Australian
9 August 2003

Ignoring the international rule of law will imperil, not enhance, Australia's security
Hilary Charlesworth writes in the Sydney Morning Herald
15 July 2003

International Convention on the human rights of persons with disabilities
Andrew Byrnes' paper for the Expert Group Meeting in Bangkok, 2-4 June 2003

Entrenching the protection of our human rights
Hilary Charlesworth writes in The Canberra Times
22 May 2003

HREOC Submission
CIPL members presented a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on the Australian Human Rights Commission (HREOC) Legislation Bill on 23 April 2003

The Seven Habits of a Highly Effective High Court
Michael Coper
21 February 2003

Bad Oysters - a Government Responsibility?
John McMillan
Canberra Times, February 2003