CIAO DATE: 04/2009
February 2009
Lowy Institute for International Policy
In this Policy Brief, Fergus Hanson looks at the Australian government's current approach to suspected war criminals living here. It finds Australia has inadvertently become a safe haven for suspected war criminals and needs to do more to meet its international obligations to end impunity for the world's worst criminal offenders. It suggests a number of modest reforms the Rudd government could implement to meet its election commitment that suspected war criminals be brought to justice.
Resource link: Confronting reality: responding to war criminals living in Australia [PDF] - 520K