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Chris Sidoti
Chris Sidoti was an Expert Member of the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar from 2017 to 2019. He has now joined two other former UN Experts in establishing the new Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (www.specialadvisorycouncil.org). He is an international human rights lawyer and was formerly Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Australian Law Reform Commissioner.
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Does Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention violate international law?
The International Court of Justice cannot deal with what the military is doing to the people of Myanmar today because Daw Suu and the NLD failed for five years to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute. They have no one to blame but themselves…. Continue reading »
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Money talks: What Australia can do about Myanmar’s crazy generals
A month has passed since the Myanmar generals’ coup. People in Myanmar have responded with outrage. Many countries reacted strongly and quickly. Even the notoriously deadlocked UN Security Council managed to find consensus to issue a statement. Our response has been tepid. It’s time to get off the fence. … Continue reading »
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What are the casino regulators in Victoria and WA doing right now?
Underneath all the glitz and tizz of flashy casinos, many serious issues arise from former NSW Supreme Court Justice Patricia Bergin’s report into Crown Casinos. The common thread is the power of money, especially but not only in Sydney…. Continue reading »
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Crown Sydney casino opening delayed
Crown Resorts’ board sat on its hands and so the NSW regulator has intervened and ordered the new Sydney casino’s opening to be delayed…. Continue reading »
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Where to now for Myanmar?
Two dysfunctional semi-democracies held national elections in the first week of November. The USA and Myanmar…. Continue reading »
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Uneasy lies the head: Crown casinos is falling
Shakespeare recognised centuries ago that ‘uneasy lies the head that wears a crown’. Certainly, the individual and collective heads of the members of the board of Crown Resorts Ltd should be very very uneasy. Their Crown is falling, almost fallen…. Continue reading »
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Chris Sidoti. Will I go back to Mass?
Now that the lockdown has eased and public worship is resuming, a prominent Catholic in Australia wonders if it’s really worth going back to church…. Continue reading »
