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Created: Thursday, 08 September 2011 15:42

Written by Alecomm

Elini Bailey from the Human Rights Commission after writing her response to a violation of human rights by the NSW Legal Aid in decision of preventing mothers from obtaining Legal Aid if they have had a child previously removed from their care.  She is officially voted Idiot of the Week after writing this response :

"To make out a complaint of a breach of human rights under the AHRCA, two requirements must be met :

1. the organisation which you are complaining about must be the Commonwealth or one of its agents; and
2. the treatment you are complaining about must relate to those human rights set out in the international human rights instruments that are scheduled to the AHRCA such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)."

Well Miss Bailey, Alecomm wrote :

1. "Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states : All Persons to be Equal before the Courts", and
2. "(d) ... To be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and to have legal assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay for it"; and

3. "Ms M has been denied Legal Aid (by NSW Legal Aid) which constitutes a violation of her basic human rights that Australia has signed and is a part of."

Maybe somebody could explain how the two requirements have not been met.  It seems pretty simple from here ...

Congratulations Elini - You are a True Wanker and Idiot ...