Counter-Terrorism Law Changes

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Laws change for reasons such as; technology advancements, changes in community values, political agendas of: parties of government, pressure groups or general public, changes in expectations of the legal system and significant incidents. Many issues of the modern world need edits to the laws and creation of new laws. These include law changes in; counter-terrorism, surrogacy, medical cannabis, euthanasia and same-sex marriage. The Counter-terrorism laws in Australia is the example of law changes to occur in the near future that this report will explore. The law changes to counter-terrorism would occur due to the changes of the political agendas of government parties, pressure groups and the general public, and the significant
This is accomplished through the Criminal Code Act 1995 which addresses terrorist acts and offences, terrorist organisations, finance of terrorism, violence, advocating terrorism, and foreign incursions and recruitment. These main topics include a brief description with the consequences of the offence on the offender (punishment e.g. imprisonment) and the community (e.g. destruction on critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, electricity or water supplies.) and any links to international law such as that of the United Nations. These links to international law show the importance of these laws to decisions made in countries all around the world. International law is important to Australia and other wealthy and powerful nations as it sets a standard for many countries to use when punishing offenders of a crime. The Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 is the document that sets the international prerequisite of punishment of terrorism. This document is continuously being reviewed to maintain its relevance to modern society. The Australian counter-terrorism laws address all aspects of crimes committed in Australia through reference to the international law of the United Nations and the Criminal Code Act
Many issues of the modern world need edits of the law and creation of a new law. The Counter-terrorism laws in Australia is the example of law changes to occur in the near future that I chose to explore. The law changes to counter-terrorism should occur due to the changes of the political agendas of government parties, pressure groups and the general public, and the significant incidents that have occurred recently and may occur in the near future, such as the rising of IS in the Syrian war. As shown above counter-terrorism laws in Australia briefly outline all aspects of the crimes considered to be part of terrorism. However, counter-terrorism laws in Australia have the issues of the human rights protection of the suspects and witnesses of acts of terrorism and the definitions and descriptions of the crimes in the legislation not being clear. For the benefit of the Australian community the Australian government needs to revise their current counter-terrorism