Gender, health and the law: opportunities and challenges for reform

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Ronli Sifris http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-3284

Kate Seear http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-7069

Genevieve Grant http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7071-6707

Notes

1 We sincerely thank all of our contributors and the anonymous reviewers, without whom this special issue would not have been possible. We are particularly grateful to Dr Tim Peters and Dr Ed Mussawir for their patience, guidance and support throughout the process of putting this issue together.

2 R v L (1991) 174 CLR 379.

3 Baron (2015), p 1456.

4 The following Statutes enshrine abortion as a crime: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 82-84; Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) ss 224-226; Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) ss 81-82; Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913 (WA) s 199; Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT) ss 208B-208C.

5 Major and O'Brien (2005), p 393.

6 Davey (2016).

7 Davidson and Davey (2016).

8 State of Victoria (2016a)., http://www.rcfv.com.au/MediaLibraries/RCFamilyViolence/UploadedDocs/Terms-of-Reference.pdf.`

9 State of Victoria (2016a).

10 State of Victoria (2016a).

11 This data is from 2013 to 2014: Crime Statistics Agency (2016).

12 State of Victoria (2016b), Vol. 1, p 32.

13 A much more detailed overview of the specific health implications of family violence appears in the final Report, including, in particular, Volume 4, which deals with health services and mental health.

14 See Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2016).

15 State of Victoria (2016b), Vol. 1, p 38.

16 Braaf (2011).

17 Bachus, Mezey and Bewley (2006).

18 Victoria’s crimes compensation scheme is established by the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 (Vic) and is administered by the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal.

19 State of Victoria (2016b), Vol. 1 p 24.

20 For a more detailed introduction to advocacy-health alliances, see Noble (2012).

21 One example is the Inner Melbourne Community Legal Centre’s health-justice partnership. For an overview, see Cooper (2014).

22 State of Victoria (2016b), Vol. 3, p 129.

23 State of Victoria (2016b), Vol. 3, p 170.

24 Melissa Davey (2016).

25 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016).

26 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 1.

27 ‘The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its two Optional Protocols (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (June 1996).

28 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016).

29 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 33.

30 See, for example, Sifris (2016b).

31 International Federation for Human Rights (December 2002).

32 See, for example, Cassells et al (2009).

33 Australian Council of Social Service (2014), p 10.

34 For a discussion of the absence of economic and social rights from the Victorian Charter of Rights see Sifris (2016b).

35 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 33.

36 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 33.

37 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 37.

38 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 9.

39 Sifris (2014), Chapter 5.

40 Sifris (2014), Chapter 5.

41 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 36.

42 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 39.

43 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), paras 40–41.

44 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), paras 42–43.

45 For a discussion of the ‘obligation to refer’ in both Victorian and Tasmanian legislation see Sifris (2015).

46 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016), para 45.

47 Seear and Fraser (2016).

48 valentine and Breckenridge (2016).

49 Coomaraswamy (1999) para 51 (emphasis added).

50 Sifris (2016a).

51 Karpin (2016).

52 Weller (2016) p 90.

53 Weller (2016) p 88.

54 Grant (2016).

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Funding

This work was supported by Australian Research Council [grant number DE160100134].