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Submission to a statutory sentencing review examining whether increased penalties for assaults on frontline public officers in Queensland are justified in light of human rights obligations and principles of criminal law.
Date: 25 June 2020
Jurisdiction: Queensland, Australia
Subject: Sentencing reform and human rights in relation to assaults on frontline public officers
Document type: Submission
Submitting body: Queensland Human Rights Commission
Recipient body: Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council
Legislation referenced: Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld)
Note: Legislation referenced Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)
International instrument referenced: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Focus groups: Police officers; corrective services officers; frontline emergency service workers; public officers
Key issues: Deterrence; denunciation; proportionality of penalties; equality before the law; rights of the accused; victims’ rights
Geographical scope: State of Queensland
Human rights engaged: Right to life; right to equality; right to liberty and security; right to a fair hearing; protection from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Period considered: Contemporary sentencing framework as at 2020
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