Greg Barns
Barrister and writer. Adviser to Australian Assange campaign. Columnist with Hobart Mercury. Author of The Rise of the Right (Hardie Grant Publishing 2019)
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Rubio’s attack on the ICC is a test for Australia
The Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court is a direct attack on accountability. Australia must not abandon its Rome Statute obligations. Some commentators around the world think Marco Rubio, the corrupt Trump Administration’s Secretary of State, is slightly less unhinged than the President and his acolytes.
Rubio’s attack on the ICC is a test for Australia
The Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court is a direct attack on accountability. Australia must not abandon its Rome Statute obligations. Some commentators around the world think Marco Rubio, the corrupt Trump Administration’s Secretary of State, is slightly less unhinged than the President and his acolytes.
High Court strikes down Commonwealth on long-detained refugees
The High Court’s latest ruling on false imprisonment exposes the legal, financial and human consequences of Australia’s punitive immigration detention system, and the political refusal to abandon cruelty as policy. Australia’s mistreatment of immigration detainees, particularly asylum seekers and those who have had their visa cancelled, has been notorious for over two decades. It has been marked by, among many things, inhumanity and unlawful actions. And it has been hideously expensive.
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