Editorial
Henrietta Zeffert

Rights - then and now
Julian Burnside

The state of human rights
George Williams

War crimes by leaders of the Australian Government? A possible implication of the continued detention of David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay
The Hon. Alastair Nicholson

The Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities: taking rights into the nooks and crannies of the lives of ordinary Victorians
John Tobin

What does the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities mean for people in Victoria?
Helen Szoke

Australia’s first bill of rights: The Australian Capital Territory’s Human Rights Act
Hilary Charlesworth

2007 – The dawn of a new era in disability rights
Frank Hall-Bentick and David Webb

Easy English
Amy McGowan

We need a bill of rights
Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser

Same sex, same rights
Jonathan Wilkinson

A mandate to legislate?
Jon Stanhope

Poverty – do Australians care?
Tim Costello

A world away from home
Kristen Hilton

The Nystrom case: what is one’s “own country”?
Brian Walters

Questions for a good citizen
Tony Birch

Case and Legislation updates

Human rights events around Australia

Featured art: Nadim Karam, The Travellers
Adelaide Rief