Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz has pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder. The case may raise previously untested laws both in Australia and globally.
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More broadly, this case shows how hard it is to use defamation law to repair any perceived damage to your reputation. Once a case begins, you never can control what will be said in court.
The arrest follows a joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator and the Australian Federal Police
The investigation could amount to new evidence of alleged war crimes, but a new law protects the government from legal action.
Investigating senior officers, and where appropriate, taking action against them, is an important part of restoring the reputation of the Australian military abroad.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
Scott Morrison has always put the military on an extremely high pedestal. When some of those on that pedestal are found to have done appalling things, the shock is doubly great.
Now is the time to reflect carefully on what we ask of, and how we best support, those soldiers who serve in our name.
There is ‘credible information’ Australian soldiers were involved in war crimes. But investigating and prosecuting these will be incredibly difficult.
Defence expert Allan Behm on the background to the Brereton report
Michelle Grattan discusses the background to the Brereton inquiry, to be delivered tomorrow, with the Australia Institute's Allan Behm.
This might appear a radical suggestion, but military units have been moved, shuffled, re-branded, disbanded and reactivated frequently throughout Australia’s history.
An imminent report on Australian Special Forces’ behaviour in Afghanistan is expected to delivery damning findings.
When an atrocity is committed in war — and the army fails to respond — it is due to a moral failure of command. It’s time for the army to show the same courage as those veterans who have spoken out.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in History, Fellow Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
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Historian and Principal, Janet Clarke Hall, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in History and Politics, Murdoch University
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Director, Centre for Military and Security Law; Associate Professor, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Murdoch University
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PhD Researcher (Political Anthropology), Defence Studies Department, King's College London
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Professor, Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle