East Timors contention on Monday that Senator Brandis undertakings may not be enforced and had to be treated cautiously was described by John Reid, Australias agent at the ICJ, as frankly offensive. East Timors inflammatory submissions to the court had impugned the integrity of the attorney-general of Australia, he said. Moreover, the remark from East Timors counsel (and former principal legal adviser to Australias department of foreign affairs) Sir Elihu Lauterpacht that Australias standards as a good international citizen were slipping had wounded and was without foundation. Whats offensive is successive Australian governments treatment of East Timor and from where many Australians stand we are indeed an increasingly poor international citizen. Read more: smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/asio-raids-australia-accuses-east-timor-of-frankly-offensive-remarks-20140121-3178g.html#ixzz2r4a0YVZK
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:02:10 +0000
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