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Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights in New Zealand
Ch 03, The International Framework for Countering Terrorism
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 3 - The International Framework for Countering Terrorism
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Ch 01, Introduction
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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Ch 16, Terrorism Offences and the Definition of "Terrorist Acts" under NZ Law
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 16 - Terrorism Offences and the Definition of "Terrorist Acts" under NZ Law
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Ch 17, Privacy and Surveillance
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 17 - Privacy and Surveillance
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Ch 18, Self-Incrimination and Police Powers of Questioning
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 18 - Self-Incrimination and Police Powers of Questioning
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Ch 19, Search and Seizure, and Arrest and Detention
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 19, Search and Seizure, and Arrest and Detention
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Ch 20, Conclusion
4th Feb, 2008
Chapter 20 - Conclusion
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The Appendix, A Guide to Legislators, Policy-Makers and the Judiciary on Human Rights Compliance When Countering Terrorism
4th Feb, 2008
Appendix, A Guide to Legislators, Policy-Makers and the Judiciary on Human Rights Compliance When Countering Terrorism
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1. Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights in New Zealand - Full book
4th Feb, 2008
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights in New Zealand is a book written by Dr Alex Conte, recipient of the 2004 New Zealand Law Foundation International Reseach Fellowship. It is the first of two major titles to be published as a result of research undertaken under the Law Foundation's grant.
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Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
14th Annual NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
7th May, 2010
Lady Brenda Hale, The Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, QC, PC, FBA: Speech delivered in Dunedin on 7th May 2010. Lady Hale is a British legal academic, barrister, judge and a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In 2004, she joined the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. She was the only woman ever to have been appointed to this position. She served as a Law Lord until 2009 when she, along with the other Law Lords, transferred to the new Supreme Court. She remains the most senior female judge in the history of the United Kingdom.
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13th Annual NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
14th Aug, 2009
Justice Mary Gaudron AC QC: Speech delivered in Dunedin on 14th August 2009.
Mary Genevieve Gaudron, AC, QC, was the first woman appointed as a Justice of the High Court of Australia (February 1987-February 2003). Mary Gaudron is notable for other legal firsts, including:
• being the first woman to be appointed to the council of the New South Wales Bar in 1972;
• being the youngest ever federal judge with her appointment in April 1974 as deputy president of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission;
• being the inaugural chair of the New South Wales Legal Services Commission in 1979;
• being the first female Solicitor-General in any Australian jurisdiction with her appointment of 1981 as Solicitor-General of New South Wales; and
• being made a Queen’s Counsel in that same year, the first female QC in New South Wales.
In March 2003, Justice Gaudron joined the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. She was also appointed as a judge of the ILO's Administrative Tribunal.
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12th Annual NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
14th Aug, 2008
Justice Lowell Goddard: Speech delivered in Dunedin on 14 August 2008. Justice Goddard graduated LLB from Auckland University in 1974 and was admitted in 1975. She commenced practice as a barrister in 1977 and in 1988 was one of the first two women to be appointed Queen’s Counsel, the other being Dame Sian Elias.
In 1992, Lowell Goddard was appointed Deputy Solicitor-General at the Crown Law Office with responsibility for overseeing all indictable prosecutions and criminal appeals in the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. She was appointed to the High Court bench in December 1995 and is based in Wellington. Of Ngati Te Upokoiri, Ngati Kahungungu and Tuhoi iwi, she was the first Maori woman to be appointed to this position. She was appointed as Chair to the Police Complaints Authority on 13 February 2007. In November 2007 the Police Complaints Authority became the Independent Police Conduct Authority as a result of legislative change.
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11th Annual NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
2nd Mar, 2007
Professor Mary Jane Mossman: "New Questions about Women’s Access to the Legal Professions" - Speech delivered in Dunedin on 2 March 2007.
Professor Mossman has taught at Osgoode Hall Law School since 1977, after several years as a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, and has served as Associate Dean, Assistant Dean, Chair of Faculty Council, and now Director of the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies.
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10th Annual NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
22nd Sep, 2006
Pamela Tate S.C., Solicitor-General for Victoria, Australia:
"Extending the boundary of right" - Speech delivered in Dunedin on 22 September 2006.
Ms Tate is the current Solicitor-General of Victoria, Australia. In 2003, she became the first woman to be appointed to the position. The Solicitor-General is the second highest law officer of state in Victoria, behind the Attorney-General. The Solicitor-General is the chief legal adviser to the Government. Ms Tate was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and studied philosophy at the University of Otago, where she graduated with first-class honours. She studied law at Monash University, graduating in 1987, again with first-class honours. She received a Commonwealth scholarship to undertake three years of postgraduate study at the University of Oxford.
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9th Annual NZLF Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address
10th Aug, 2005
Justice Judith Potter: "Women’s Contribution to Law Reform
in New Zealand" - Speech delivered in Dunedin on 24 July 2005.
Justice Potter is a High Court Judge and a former President of the New Zealand Law Society.
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