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	<title>Crikey &#187; human rights</title>
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		<title>On the punt with Ramzan Kadyrov</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/first-dog-on-the-moon-436/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/first-dog-on-the-moon-436/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bart cummings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chechnya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melbourne cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mourilyan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ramzan kadyrov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian racing club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First Dog's tips for the Grozny Cup]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to stand up for human rights in Sri Lanka &#8212; at last</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/time-to-stand-up-for-human-rights-in-sri-lanka-at-last/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/29/time-to-stand-up-for-human-rights-in-sri-lanka-at-last/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamil Tigers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamils]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's <a href="http://www.srilankaweek.com.au/">Sri Lanka Week</a>, but rather than thinking about investments, perhaps we should focus on the 300,000 Tamils being imprisoned in an internment camp in the country, in direct violation of their human rights rights, writes <b>Jake Lynch</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can it ever be ethical to let women die?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/can-it-ever-be-ethical-to-let-women-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/can-it-ever-be-ethical-to-let-women-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion Law Reform Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julian mcgauran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So refusing an abortion should be a <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/27/victorian-abortion-law-overriding-the-conscience-of-doctors/">doctor's right</a>, even if that refusal may see a woman die? asks <b>Leslie Cannold</b>. Religious freedom is important, but it shouldn't trump other human rights. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>94</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brennan: we want human rights protection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/brennan-we-want-human-rights-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/brennan-we-want-human-rights-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brennan Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Brennan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Human Rights Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The human rights ball is now with the government, with the core message of the Brennan Committee's report on human rights indicating that Australians want better human rights protection.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The death penalty: clumsy, costly and morally dubious</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/the-death-penalty-clumsy-costly-and-morally-dubious/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/the-death-penalty-clumsy-costly-and-morally-dubious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abolish the death penalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Eggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death penalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Sparrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stories of grotesque bungles abound in death penalty literature, writes <b>Lizzie O'Shea</b>. So, why does the US continue to hand it out?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pro-Israel lobby determined to deny Robinson her Freedom Medal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/pro-israel-lobby-determined-to-deny-robinson-her-freedom-medal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/pro-israel-lobby-determined-to-deny-robinson-her-freedom-medal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Robinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone is happy about former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama, due to her pro-Palestinians stance. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Human rights good for Canadians but not for Australians</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/human-rights-good-for-canadians-but-not-for-australians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/human-rights-good-for-canadians-but-not-for-australians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians share with Australians many of the same values and have a similar outlook on life, however...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Terrorism control orders breach human rights in UK, but not yet in Oz</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/terrorism-control-orders-breach-human-rights-in-uk-but-not-yet-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/12/terrorism-control-orders-breach-human-rights-in-uk-but-not-yet-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past 48 hours, Gordon Brown’s beleaguered government has been told by the House of Lords that control orders represent a fundamental breach of human rights.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SA Labor government: &#8220;screws civil rights”</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/sa-labor-government-screws-civil-rights%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/06/sa-labor-government-screws-civil-rights%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bikie gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New legislation presently consuming our country under the guise of anti-biker laws is no more than a deliberate attempt to destroy our civil rights, writes <b>Mark Aldridge</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guy Rundle misinformed on Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/guy-rundle-misinformed-on-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/guy-rundle-misinformed-on-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avigdor Lieberman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel Palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Cross]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guy Rundle demonstrates what seems to be his own "long slide to paranoia" and conspiracy theory in "Israel's de facto apartheid", writes <b>Dr Colin Rubenstein</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Apartheid is a real thing in Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/apartheid-is-a-real-thing-in-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/apartheid-is-a-real-thing-in-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avigdor Lieberman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Rubenstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel Palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law of Return]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=49971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people have stopped believing in Israel, writes <b>Guy Rundle</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essay: Zimbabwe&#8217;s prisons are death traps</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/essay-zimbabwes-prisons-are-death-traps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/essay-zimbabwes-prisons-are-death-traps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prisoners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Mugabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe&apos;s prisoners are suffering untold horrors in Zimbabwe&apos;s jails, writes the <b>Sokwanele newletter</b> from Harare.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Getting serious about international justice</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/getting-serious-about-international-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/31/getting-serious-about-international-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genocide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been little sign from the Rudd government that it accords much priority to international human rights, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s human rights record under attack</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/australias-human-rights-record-under-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/27/australias-human-rights-record-under-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandatory detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's human rights record has come under scrutiny by the international watchdog, writes <b>Dan Ziffer</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Brennan says Victoria&#8217;s rights charter is wrong; should we be worried?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/brennan-says-victorias-rights-charter-is-wrong-should-we-be-worried/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/27/brennan-says-victorias-rights-charter-is-wrong-should-we-be-worried/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is Frank Brennan the right person to be heading Kevin Rudd’s national consultation on a charter of rights? Asks <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turkey another wild card in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/turkey-another-wild-card-in-the-middle-east/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/26/turkey-another-wild-card-in-the-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kurdish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kurdish region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an already unstable region, Kurdish rights represent another wild card, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>An infuriated Justice Kirby&#8217;s last day in court</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/an-infuriated-justice-kirbys-last-day-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/03/an-infuriated-justice-kirbys-last-day-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal land rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice kirby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice michael kirby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Kirby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is it any wonder that Michael Kirby should excoriate the conservatism of his colleagues as he did yesterday in the NT Intervention case? Asks <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Falk reports to the UN Human Rights Council</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/12/richard-falk-reports-to-the-un-human-rights-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/12/richard-falk-reports-to-the-un-human-rights-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, has presented a stinging report concerning Israeli behaviour, writes <b>Stephen Keim</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Israel committing war crimes?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/07/is-israel-committing-war-crimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/07/is-israel-committing-war-crimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel has a poor recent track record when it comes to ensuring its actions are compatible with international human rights standards, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bill of rights debate: Scare mongers vs self-loathing liberals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/bill-of-rights-debate-scare-mongers-vs-self-loathing-liberals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/bill-of-rights-debate-scare-mongers-vs-self-loathing-liberals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judiciary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best way to protect rights is to prevent laws that breach them in the first place, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Victorian Court of Appeal hands a victory for privacy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/victorian-court-of-appeal-hands-a-victory-for-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/victorian-court-of-appeal-hands-a-victory-for-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breach of trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Victorian Court of Appeal confirmed its growing reputation as being Australia’s most human rights oriented court, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/11/victorian-court-of-appeal-hands-a-victory-for-privacy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Furphies rise to greet the bill of rights</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/furphies-rise-to-greet-the-bill-of-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/furphies-rise-to-greet-the-bill-of-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill of rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives are working up the mother of all scare campaigns against the idea that Australia should protect human rights through law, writes <b>Greg Barns</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/10/furphies-rise-to-greet-the-bill-of-rights/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hannah&#8217;s heart: a question of autonomy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/hannahs-heart-a-question-of-autonomy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/13/hannahs-heart-a-question-of-autonomy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hannah Jones’ case in the UK raises numerous points of debate in medical ethics, the most prominent of which is the place of the state in the decisions citizens make about their lives, and deaths, writes <b>Michael Robertson and Ian Kerridge</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NT intervention: Aboriginal Australians take their case to the UN</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/27/nt-intervention-aboriginal-australians-take-their-case-to-the-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/27/nt-intervention-aboriginal-australians-take-their-case-to-the-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not surprising that Aboriginal Australians who have been denied justice in Australia will now embark upon a complaint to the United Nations in order to achieve change, writes <b>George Newhouse</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A UN declaration: Did you hear the one about…</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/a-un-declaration-did-you-hear-the-one-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/24/a-un-declaration-did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian uranium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a very real chance that Rudd addressing the UN might lead to the spawning of a cruel international joke, writes <b>Chris Graham</b>.]]></description>
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