NSI Act safeguards could prevent more secret trials, human rights lawyers say
NSI Act safeguards could prevent more secret trials, human rights lawyers say
04 May 2021 • By Naomi Neilson
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A suite of new recommendations addressing secrecy trials could put an end to cases taking place entirely behind closed doors while ensuring the Commonwealth sticks to its fundamental democratic principle of open justice, a senior lawyer submitted.
In submissions to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has called for urgent reform of the
National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (
NSI Act) to prevent any future secret trials from taking place behind closed doors in Australia.