Skip to content

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

The official blog
  • Home
  • About
  • Categories
    • Australian Law
      • Bill of Rights
      • Constitutional Law
      • Criminal law
      • Discrimination law
      • High Court
      • Indigenous Rights
      • Legal Aid
      • Migration Law
      • Native Title
      • Victorian Charter
    • Civil and political rights
      • Freedom from arbitrary detention
      • Freedom from cruel inhuman and degrading treatment
      • Freedom from discrimination
      • Freedom from hate speech
      • Freedom from racial discrimination
      • Freedom from slavery/forced labour
      • Freedom from torture
      • Freedom of assembly
      • Freedom of conscience
      • Freedom of Expression
      • Freedom of religion
      • Right to a fair trial
      • Right to enter own country
      • Right to family protection
      • Right to life
      • Right to privacy
      • Right to vote and be elected
    • Countries
      • Afghanistan
      • Australia
      • Azerbaijan
      • Brunei
      • Burma
      • Cambodia
      • Cameroon
      • Canada
      • China
      • Cook Islands
      • Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)
      • Ecuador
      • Egypt
      • Eritrea
      • Fiji
      • Finland
      • France
      • Ghana
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Kenya
      • Kiribati
      • Kyrgyzstan
      • Libya
      • Luxembourg
      • Malawi
      • Malaysia
      • Nauru
      • Nigeria
      • Palau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Philippines
      • Russia
      • Rwanda
      • Samoa
      • Scotland
      • Solomon Islands
      • Somalia
      • South Africa
      • South Korea
      • Sri Lanka
      • Sudan
      • Swaziland
      • Sweden
      • Syria
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
      • Tonga
      • Tunisia
      • Tuvalu
      • Uganda
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Vietnam
    • Economic Social and Cultural Rights
      • Right to Education
      • Right to Food
      • Right to Health
      • Right to housing
      • Right to Work
    • Human Rights Institutions
      • ASEAN
      • Australian Human Rights Commission
      • CEDAW
      • European Court of Human Rights
      • Human Rights Council
      • International Criminal Court
      • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
      • Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
      • UN General Assembly
      • UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
      • United Nations
    • Human Rights Issues
      • Abortion
      • Apartheid
      • Asylum
      • Blasphemy
      • Boycotts
      • Child sexual abuse
      • Children’s rights
      • Climate Change
      • Closed environments
      • Corporations and human rights
      • Crimes against Humanity
      • Cultural Relativism
      • Death penalty
      • Disability Rights
      • Discrimination
      • Environment
      • Euthanasia
      • Extraterritorial obligations
      • Freedom
      • Humanitarian aid
      • Indigenous rights
      • Land Rights
      • National security
      • Nonhuman Rights
      • Obesity
      • Peacekeeping
      • People with disabilities
      • Prisoners’ Rights
      • Privacy
      • Protest
      • Racism
      • Refoulement
      • Refugees
      • Reproductive Rights
      • Right to Connect
      • Same sex rights
      • Surveillance
      • Targeted Killings
      • Terrorism
      • War crimes
      • Women’s Rights
    • International Law
      • Diplomatic Immunity
      • Economic sanctions
      • Humanitarian intervention
      • International Criminal Law
      • International Humanitarian Law
      • International maritime law
      • Investment Law
      • The Use of Force
    • Media
      • Internet
      • Social media
    • People
      • Alan Jones
      • Allan Asher
      • Andrew Bolt
      • Andrew Chan
      • Aung San Suu Kyi
      • Baltasar Garzón
      • Castan Centre
      • Chris Mitchell
      • Dan Mori
      • David Hicks
      • Derryn Hinch
      • Eddie Mabo
      • Edward Snowden
      • Gabrielle Giffords
      • George Brandis
      • George Pell
      • George W Bush
      • Gillian Triggs
      • Ian Thorpe
      • Isaias Afwerki
      • John Howard
      • Joko Widodo
      • Jonathan Moylan
      • Julian Assange
      • Julie Bishop
      • Julie Posetti
      • Kevin Rudd
      • King Mswati III
      • Mahinda Rajapaksa
      • Malcolm Turnbull
      • Michael Thurston
      • Myuran Sukumaran
      • Nelson Mandela
      • Olivier De Schutter
      • Osama Bin Laden
      • Paris Aristotle
      • Paul Kagame
      • Pauline Hanson
      • Pope Francis
      • Robert Doyle
      • Romeo Dallaire
      • Sami Ben Gharbia
      • Scott Lively
      • Scott Morrison
      • Stephane Charbonnier
      • Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
      • Ted Baillieu
      • The Yes Men
      • Tim Wilson
      • Tony Abbott
      • Tony Blair
      • Troy Davis
      • Vladimir Putin
      • Waleed Aly
    • Popular culture
      • Art
      • Charlie Hebdo
      • Eurovision Song Contest
      • Pussy Riot
      • Sport
      • The Lord of the Rings
      • Tintin

Category: Implied freedom of political communication

High Court delivers landmark ruling validating abortion clinic ‘safe access zones’

Published April 12, 2019 by Castan Centre in Abortion, Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights
Leave a comment

High Court rules Tasmanian anti-protest law unconstitutional

Published October 20, 2017April 3, 2018 by Castan Centre in Constitutional Law, Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication
1 Comment

Is liking something on Facebook ‘protected political speech’?

Published August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 by Melissa Castan in Australia, Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication
1 Comment

The High Court – coming to a Centre Stage near you

Published November 19, 2013November 20, 2013 by Sarah Joseph in Australia, Australian Law, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Expression, High Court, Implied freedom of political communication, Inconsistency of Laws, Same sex rights, Separation of powers
Leave a comment

Public servants and free speech

Published August 15, 2013 by Sarah Joseph in Constitutional Law, Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication, Social media
1 Comment

Is the Max Brenner protestors’ court victory an Australian legal watershed?

Published August 1, 2012 by Adam Fletcher in Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication, Victorian Charter
Leave a comment

An Insatiable Appetite for National Security

Published July 17, 2012 by Adam Fletcher in Civil and political rights, Implied freedom of political communication, Terrorism
1 Comment

The High Court and the Freedom of Political Communication

Published December 5, 2010January 22, 2015 by Melissa Castan in Australian Law, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication
18 Comments

Defamation, Twitter and Free Speech

Published November 28, 2010March 17, 2012 by Sarah Joseph in Chris Mitchell, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Expression, Implied freedom of political communication, Julie Posetti, Media, Social media
15 Comments

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 552 other followers

Staff

  • andreaolivaresjones
  • Azadeh Dastyari
  • Castan Centre
  • Guest
  • Joanna Kyriakakis
  • mariaosullivan
  • Marius Smith
  • Melissa Castan
  • patrickemerton
  • Dr Paula Gerber
  • Sarah Joseph
  • Ronli Sifris
  • Tania Penovic

All Categories

Like us on Facebook

Like us on Facebook

Castan Centre Twitter Feed

  • We kick off 2021 with a report launch with Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre on Migrant Precariousness in the T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago

Top Posts

  • Prisons, overcrowding and human rights
  • Do I have to provide my name on my Census form?
  • Injunction against the Government's Malaysian 'Arrangement'
  • Another silly season post: The Law of War and The Lord of the Rings
  • Abolish the Joint Committee on Human Rights? We should be strengthening it instead…
  • A silly season blog: Tintin and Human Rights
  • A closer look at the Pussy Riot phenomenon
  • DEPORTING LONG TERM RESIDENTS: RECENT INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES AND LESSONS FOR AUSTRALIA
  • CHILDREN OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS: AUSTRALIA’S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPATRIATE
  • Welcoming New Associates

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments

Archives

Disclaimer

Posts on this blog represent the views of the individual authors and not Castan Centre policy. Comments are welcome, but inflammatory, offensive or irrelevant comments will be removed.

Blog at WordPress.com.