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Day 22 of testimony at the Emergencies inquiry starts today. Here’s where we are at after 21 days/ analysis by me and @aballinga
If you need a primer on how Canadian parliamentary democracy works (not the Canada Unity version), listen to the live webcast of the inquiry.
Otherwise, I'll wait until there's testimony in about 45 minutes from now.
Otherwise, I'll wait until there's testimony in about 45 minutes from now.
Spoke too soon.
Inquiry counsel actually just said two full cabinet mtgs discussed the Emergencies Act on Feb 3, and Feb. 15. (Feb 3 is news to me. But we await details.)
Inquiry counsel actually just said two full cabinet mtgs discussed the Emergencies Act on Feb 3, and Feb. 15. (Feb 3 is news to me. But we await details.)
Day 2 #Gambia v #Myanmar #ICJ begins, w/#ASSK up first. She declares #genocide is a crime, applied by #ICTR to #Rwanda but not to #Kosovo or #Croatia by #ICTY or #ICJ, because of a lack of dolus specialis.
Gambia has put fwd 'Incomplete & misleading factual picture'. Situation in #Rahkine is 'complex & not easy to fathom'. (same rhetoric as we have heard for years)
Complexities go back for yrs. Claims conflict btwn Arakan Army w/5000 fighters & the #Myanmar Army, w/Arakan Army seeking independence. The conflict has led to displacement & security measures such as curfew & checkpoints, applied to all regardless of background.
New article published in Criminal Law Journal on the crime of 'drug supply causing death'. The offence was rushed through NSW Parliament in late 2018 with inadequate consultation. The crime was introduced in response to recent drug-related deaths at music festivals (a thread) 
The offence was introduced in response to a so-callled 'expert report'. The 'experts' were not criminal law academics, lawyers or drug policy experts. They were heads of government agencies. It's now in section 25C of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/190…
If someone is found liable for drug supply causing death in NSW, they may now receive up to 20 years imprisonment. The elements of the offence that the Prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt are listed here:
